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Thirty-four years of hell
- Title
- Thirty-four years of hell : [typescript], 20th century.
- Author
- De Boin, Henri, 1887-
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | De Boin, Henri. "34 Years of Hell." | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 744 De Boin, Henri. "34 Years of Hell." | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- .04 linear foot (1 volume)
- Summary
- "34 Years of Hell," an account of the life of Henri de Boin, including his enlistment in the French Foreign Legion in April 1905, his court martial and subsequent banishment to the penal colony at Devil's Island, French Guiana, his twenty-one unsuccessful attempts at escape, his ultimate escape to the Bahamas, and his involvement with the murder of Sir Harry Oakes at Nassau, the Bahamas, in 1943. Typescript (carbon).
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Autobiographies.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Call Number
- MssCol 744
- OCLC
- 794689952
- Author
- De Boin, Henri, 1887-
- Title
- Thirty-four years of hell : [typescript], 20th century.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 744