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The Escaping Club

A. J. Evans (1889 - 1960)

Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly "escape-proof" German prison camp during World War I. After repatriation and rejoining the war, Evans again finds himself captured, this time first by Arabs and then by Turks. He again manages to escape. A detailed look at the trials faced by Allied POWs during World War I. (Summary by Tom Weiss)

Genre(s): War & Military, Memoirs, Modern (20th C)

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Capture	Tom Weiss	00:14:52
Play 02	Gutersloh and Clausthal	Tom Weiss	00:12:44
Play 03	The First Evasion	Tom Weiss	00:08:00
Play 04	What Happened To Kicq	Tom Weiss	00:14:04
Play 05	The Frontier	Tom Weiss	00:21:50
Play 06	Paying The Piper	Tom Weiss	00:12:31
Play 07	Removal To A Strafe Camp	Tom Weiss	00:20:24
Play 08	Fort 9, Ingolstadt	Tom Weiss	00:34:33
Play 09	Captors and Captives	Tom Weiss	00:24:14
Play 10	Attempts To Escape	Tom Weiss	00:39:05
Play 11	An Escape With Medlicott	Tom Weiss	00:19:25
Play 12	Short Rations And Many Riots	Tom Weiss	00:17:00
Play 13	A Tunnel Scheme	Tom Weiss	00:23:03
Play 14	The Bojah Case	Tom Weiss	00:14:38
Play 15	The Last of Fort 9	Tom Weiss	00:15:39
Play 16	We Escape	Tom Weiss	00:26:10
Play 17	Through Bavaria By Night	Tom Weiss	00:22:29
Play 18	Through Wurtemberg To The Frontier	Tom Weiss	00:29:36
Play 19	Freedom	Tom Weiss	00:12:10
Play 20	Arabs. Turks, And Germans	Tom Weiss	00:26:14
Play 21	One More Run	Tom Weiss	00:48:43
Play 22	To Afion Via Constantinople	Tom Weiss	00:27:26
Play 23	The Round Tour Concluded	Tom Weiss	00:19:29

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