The Flame Keepers: The True Story of an American Soldier's Survival Inside Stalag 17 - Softcover

Handy, Ned; Battle, Kemp P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312349041 ISBN 13: 9780312349042

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2006

Synopsis

A first-person account of a World War II solder's capture and incarceration in an infamous Nazi prison camp describes his comradeship with fellow prisoners and their daring efforts to dig a tunnel that would prove instrumental in saving the lives of four Gestapo-sought fugitives. Reprint.

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From the Back Cover:

SHOT OUT OF THE SKY BY GERMAN FIGHTER PLANES...
In the Spring of 1944, Ned Handy's B-24 bomber was shot down on a mission into Germany. Handy and his fellow survivors were sent to Stalag 17, a crowded, disease-ridden POW camp that held thousands of Allied soldiers and operated by its own cruel rules.

AND PLUNGED INTO A WORLD OF MISERY AND COURAGE...
From the beginning, Handy set out to escape, relentlessly digging a tunnel underneath a barracks. As he dug, Handy forged friendships and uneasy alliances, survived Gestapo searches and a vicious beating, helped save the lives of wanted men and befriended a German guard. When the moment came for Handy to escape, fate would intervene as he and his fellow prisoners began a brutal march West--towards freedom or death....

ONE MAN WOULD WIN A WAR OF HIS OWN
This is a powerful, moving memoir of an ordeal that brought out the best and the worst in men. A must-read for World II buffs and anyone interested in the true nature of war, The Flame Keepers is a story of suffering, camaraderie, horror and survival--and one young man's awakening to the power of humanity itself.

"[A] rewarding experience."
--Washington Post

"Handy's amazing story reads like an impossible-to-put-down thriller."
--Book-of-the-Month News

About the Author:

NED HANDY served in the Air Force through WWII. After graduation from MIT he worked as a city planner in the U.S. and overseas, retiring three years ago.

KEMP BATTLE is the author of Great American Folklore and Hearts of Fire.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0312349041
• ISBN 13: 9780312349042
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 339