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X-WR-CALDESC:The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greates
 t Prison Break of the Great War by Neal Bascomb\n(336 pages)\n\nIn the win
 ter trenches and flak-filled skies of World War I\, soldiers and pilots al
 ike might avoid death\, only to find\nthemselves imprisoned in Germany's a
 rchipelago of POW camps\, often in abominable conditions. The most infamou
 s\nwas Holzminden\, a land-locked Alcatraz of sorts that housed the most t
 roublesome\, escape-prone prisoners. Its\ncommandant was a boorish\, hate-
 filled tyrant named Karl Niemeyer who swore that none should ever leave.\n
 \nDesperate to break out of 'Hellminden' and return to the fight\, a group
  of Allied prisoners led by ace pilot (and former\nArmy sapper) David Gray
  hatch an elaborate escape plan. Their plot demands a risky feat of engine
 ering as well as a\nbevy of disguises\, forged documents\, fake walls\, an
 d steely resolve. Once beyond the watch towers and round-the-clock\npatrol
 s\, Gray and almost a dozen of his half-starved fellow prisoners must then
  make a heroic 150 mile dash through\nenemy-occupied territory towards fre
 e Holland.\n\nDrawing on never-before-seen memoirs and letters\, Neal Basc
 omb brings this narrative to cinematic life\, amid the twilight\nof the Br
 itish Empire and the darkest\, most savage hours of the fight against Germ
 any. At turns tragic\, funny\,\ninspirational\, and nail-biting suspensefu
 l\, this is the little-known story of the biggest POW breakout of the Grea
 t War.
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DESCRIPTION:The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest
  Prison Break of the Great War by Neal Bascomb\n(336 pages)\n\nIn the wint
 er trenches and flak-filled skies of World War I\, soldiers and pilots ali
 ke might avoid death\, only to find\nthemselves imprisoned in Germany's ar
 chipelago of POW camps\, often in abominable conditions. The most infamous
 \nwas Holzminden\, a land-locked Alcatraz of sorts that housed the most tr
 oublesome\, escape-prone prisoners. Its\ncommandant was a boorish\, hate-f
 illed tyrant named Karl Niemeyer who swore that none should ever leave.\n
 \nDesperate to break out of 'Hellminden' and return to the fight\, a group
  of Allied prisoners led by ace pilot (and former\nArmy sapper) David Gray
  hatch an elaborate escape plan. Their plot demands a risky feat of engine
 ering as well as a\nbevy of disguises\, forged documents\, fake walls\, an
 d steely resolve. Once beyond the watch towers and round-the-clock\npatrol
 s\, Gray and almost a dozen of his half-starved fellow prisoners must then
  make a heroic 150 mile dash through\nenemy-occupied territory towards fre
 e Holland.\n\nDrawing on never-before-seen memoirs and letters\, Neal Basc
 omb brings this narrative to cinematic life\, amid the twilight\nof the Br
 itish Empire and the darkest\, most savage hours of the fight against Germ
 any. At turns tragic\, funny\,\ninspirational\, and nail-biting suspensefu
 l\, this is the little-known story of the biggest POW breakout of the Grea
 t War.
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SUMMARY:True Story Book Club: The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilot
 s and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War by Neal Bascomb
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