Escape
Language: English
Published by Naval Institute Press, Maryland, 1994
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
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Hardcover stated first printing in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free-endpaper, "To RAdm. Chaplin in appreciation for your hospitality. Dwight R. Messimer." A good plus copy with bending at the spine ends, minor corner bumps and edgewear. Interior is clean and unmarked in a solid binding. Dustjacket is also good with sunning/fading to the spine titles and a bit soiling at the folds - minor wear to the panel edges. 266 pp., indexed, bibliography, some black and white photos. The story of Edouard V. Isaacs, Medal of Honor recipient, and his great escape from a World War 1 POW camp.
Seller Inventory # 1206
- Title
- Escape
- Author
- Messimer, Dwight R.
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press, Maryland
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Good +
- Dust jacket
- good +
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1557505780
- ISBN 13
- 9781557505781
- Edition
- First printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Biography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY::Military, HISTORY::Military::Naval, HISTORY::Military::World War I
In his lifetime, Isaacs rarely referred to his dramatic escape from a POW camp in Villingen, Germany. The only record of the incident is a brief and incomplete report he wrote in 1919 at the direction of the secretary of the navy.
Fueled by a resolve to aid his country, Isaacs displayed almost superhuman stamina and a steely determination that culminated in a dramatic escape masterminded at the eleventh hour. Facing imminent discovery by the German guards, Isaacs directed the complex plans of eleven prisoners besides himself into a single, cohesive, four-phase strategy that landed the men outside the prison compound and onto their dangerous and separate struggles to reach the Swiss border.
The author calls him a reluctant hero, haunted by a tragic, if misplaced, sense of failure. When Isaacs finally succeeded in his relentless attempts to escape so he could report vital intelligence to the Allies, the war was at an end.
Later in civilian life, after changing his name to Izac, Edouard Isaacs displayed a similar devotion to his country. He served as a U.S. congressman in California between 1936 and 1946, becoming a member of the Naval Affairs Committee and part of a fact-finding group sent to inspect the concentration camps of World War II. When Izac died in Washington, D.C., where he had retired, he was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War I.
Escape is the result of exhaustive research into archive materials in the United States and Germany including the naval archives in Flensburg-Murwick, the military archives in Freiburg, and the city archives in Villingen. In addition, Messimer conducted thorough interviews with Izac's descendants, who also gave him access to private papers.
This amazing story, essentially untold for close to eighty years, will appeal to everyone who enjoys tales of high adventure, uncommon courage, and human resourcefulness. Readers with an interest in prison-camp conditions during World War I will find a wealth of information here, as will those with specific interests in the elements of, obstacles to, and successful plans for wartime escape.
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