Amazing Escapees - A Short eBook

By: Charles Margerison

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Synopsis: There are many forms of escape, and many reasons for needing to do it. In psychological terms, it's the 'fight or flight' response. Some, like Harry Houdini, turned escape into a death defying form of entertainment, but for others, escape was the only way of fleeing a miscarriage of justice or the brutality of a concentration camp. Henri Charrière attempted to escape from a penal colony in French Guiana nine times and was finally successful in 1941. Find out what happened! Mary Bryant was one of the first successful escapees from the fledgling Australian penal colony. Discover her amazing story. Hear about Rudolph Vrba's incredible escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp and his subsequent attempts to alert authorities about the atrocities there. Who can forget Bram van der Stok, the most decorated aviator in Dutch history, and one of only three men to escape from the German POW camp Stalag Luft III in "the Great Escape" of 1943. Discover more about the lives of these and others in this unique collection of eStories from the Amazing People Club. Each story comes to life through BioViews® which are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. These inspirational stories provide a new way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781921752766
Related ISBNs:: 9781922002068
Publisher:: Amazing People Club
Date of Addition:: 12/16/11
Copyrighted By:: Amazing People Club
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Education
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.