Rawlings Leo Suporting Account Duncan (1 results)

Hard cover in price-clipped dust wrapper, b&w art/sketches and several photos. Dw worn at edges with chipping and small tears, spine a bit faded, board edges a little worn, previous owner's name top of front fep; a good book in an average dw. Relates the experience of an Leo Rawlings, anordinary soldier captured by the Japanese at Singapore in February 1942. His story is told in his own pictures and his own words. For the first time the cruelty inflicted on the prisoners of war by their own officers is depicted, as well as shocking images of POW life. More than just a commentary on the history and terrible facts behind Rawlings' artistic and written work, it stands on its own as a guide to the hidden lives of the prisoners.