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Secret Letters from the Railway : The Remarkable Record of a Japanese POW
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steel, Charles.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Steel, Charles, -1999--Correspondence.
- Steel, Charles.
- Steel, Charles--Correspondence.
- World war, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Burma.
- World war, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Thailand.
- World war, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.
- World war, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese--Singapore--Personal narratives, British.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Burma--Correspondence.
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Thailand--Correspondence.
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
- Prisoners of war.
- Local Subjects:
- Steel, Charles--Correspondence.
- World war, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Burma.
- World war, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Thailand.
- World war, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.
- World war, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : Pen and Sword, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Charles Steel took part in two military disasters - the Fall of France and the Dunkirk evacuation, and the Fall of Singapore. Shortly before the latter, he married Louise. Within days of being captured by the Japanese, he began writing a weekly letter to his new bride as means of keeping in touch with her in his mind, for the Japanese forbade all writing of letters and diaries. By the time he was liberated 3 1/2 years later, he had written and hidden some 180 letters, to which were added a further 20 post-liberation letters. Part love-letter, part diary these unique letters intended for Louise
- Contents:
- ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Prisoner in the Bag - by Robert Hope""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - The Early Years""; ""Chapter 2 - The Fall of France""; ""Chapter 3 - Changes""; ""Chapter 4 - Another Military Defeat""; ""Chapter 5 - �Phoney� Captivity""; ""Chapter 6 - The Impossible Project""; ""Chapter 7 - Bridge over the River Kwai""; ""Chapter 8 - �Speedo�""; ""Chapter 9 - Return to Nong Pladuk""; ""Chapter 10 - Bombed by the RAF""; ""Chapter 11 - Ubon""; ""Chapter 12 - Liberation""; ""Chapter 13 - Home at Last!""
- ""Postscript""""Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783034406
- 1783034408
- OCLC:
- 854974858
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