{"product_id":"five-roads-to-freedom-the-adventures-of-the-war-s-most-persistent-escaper-1977-1st-ed-hb","title":"Five Roads to Freedom; The Adventures of the War's most Persistent Escaper: 1977 1st Ed HB","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: George Beeson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Leo Cooper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePagination: 123\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardback + DJ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Very good, ex-library, with sunning along the spine and damp staining on two cover pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1st Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis autobiography tells the tale of British soldier George Beeson who was captured in the French campaign of 1940 and duly marched off to a POW camp in Poland. He was apparently an inveterate escape artist who managed to get out of his POW camp on a number of occasions but each time was recaptured until he finally managed to get back to friendly lines.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe book isn't that engaging to be honest as there is often a lack of detail. I tried to look this fellow up because you'd think that being the author of a book, five escape attempts and a Military Medal etc there might be something on him but no, it's a bit of a blank.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAnyway for people who like POW stories this might fit the bill as he doesn't waste time - the book is just over 140 pages long - and he describes conditions in a range of POW camps and the sorts of things that the men would do to amuse themselves. He also describes trying to move around Germany on the battered rail network and finally the even more battered French rail network.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leo Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67671900586283,"sku":"18529","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/1289\/5019\/files\/five-roads-to-freedom-the-adventures-of-the-war-s-most-persistent-escaper-1977-1st-ed-hb_18529_main_original.jpg?v=1791258017","url":"https:\/\/militaryhistorybooks.com\/products\/five-roads-to-freedom-the-adventures-of-the-war-s-most-persistent-escaper-1977-1st-ed-hb","provider":"Military History Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}