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- catalog abstract ""Concentrating on the American character held hostage, Doyle combed official and private archives as well as unpublished diaries, letters, and memoirs to find exciting stories of individuals, famous and unknown, who risked their lives and those of others to escape." The escapes range from the American Revolution, the Mexican War, the Civil War, "wars of the twentieth century, and the smaller conflicts." He also includes accounts of the Underground Railway, settlers and traders escaping Indians, and journalists and government officials eluding terrorist captors all over the globe."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10320329.
- catalog coverage "United States History, Military.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""Concentrating on the American character held hostage, Doyle combed official and private archives as well as unpublished diaries, letters, and memoirs to find exciting stories of individuals, famous and unknown, who risked their lives and those of others to escape." The escapes range from the American Revolution, the Mexican War, the Civil War, "wars of the twentieth century, and the smaller conflicts." He also includes accounts of the Underground Railway, settlers and traders escaping Indians, and journalists and government officials eluding terrorist captors all over the globe."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.".
- catalog description "The dominance of will: rejecting the condition of captivity -- Pioneers, volunteers, and privateers: escape in the wars of musket and sail -- Soldiers of Manifest Destiny: escapes south of the border -- Escape from Durante Vita: breaking the chains the masters made -- Acts of pure cussedness: escapes in the Civil War -- Homo Ludens: escape De Luxe in the Great War -- Home run Kriegies: escape and evasion in Europe -- Survival in the Pacific: escape from militant Bushido.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 372 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Prisoner's duty.".
- catalog identifier "1557501807 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Prisoner's duty.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press,".
- catalog relation "Prisoner's duty.".
- catalog spatial "United States History, Military.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "909 21".
- catalog subject "E181 .D69 1997".
- catalog subject "Escapes United States History.".
- catalog subject "Prisoner-of-war escapes.".
- catalog subject "Prisoners of war United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The dominance of will: rejecting the condition of captivity -- Pioneers, volunteers, and privateers: escape in the wars of musket and sail -- Soldiers of Manifest Destiny: escapes south of the border -- Escape from Durante Vita: breaking the chains the masters made -- Acts of pure cussedness: escapes in the Civil War -- Homo Ludens: escape De Luxe in the Great War -- Home run Kriegies: escape and evasion in Europe -- Survival in the Pacific: escape from militant Bushido.".
- catalog title "A prisoner's duty : great escapes in U.S. military history / Robert C. Doyle.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Military history. fast".
- catalog type "text".