The greatest escape stories ever told

Brown, Darren. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1585744549 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
Physical Description: ix, 288 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2002]
Copyright: ©2002

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Darren Brown -- Escape from the Tower of London / John Buchan -- Jack Sheppard earns fame / Phillip Alban -- Escape from Leads / Casanova -- The Bastille / Henri Masers de Latude -- Baron Trenck -- Louis Napoleon / F.T. Briffault -- The cemetery of the Chateau d'If / Alexandre Dumas -- A question of passports / Baroness Orczy -- Three years among the Comanches / Nelson Lee -- General Morgan's flight from the north / Thomas Hines -- Colonel Rose's tunnel / Frank Moran -- How we escaped from Pretoria / Captain Aylmer Haldane -- A gunman breaks jail / Edward H. Smith. Eamon de Valera / Frank Kelly -- Georgia chain gang fugitive / Robert E. Burns -- Papillon / Henri Charriere -- A man escaped / Andre Devigny -- Escape strategy / Pat Reid -- Bid for freedom / Walter Thomas -- Escape or die / Paul Brickhill -- Damon "Rocky" Gause / Major Damon Gause -- Down in Korea / Ward Millar -- Escape from Laos / Dieter Dengler -- Out of a Turkish prison / Billy Hayes with William Hoffer -- Dark, deep-laid plans / Mark Twain.