Research Catalog
Great escapes
- Title
- Great escapes / Barbara A. Bond.
- Author
- Bond, Barbara A.
- Publication
- Glasgow, Scotland : Times Books, 2015.
- ©2015
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1 to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Map Div. 16-118 | Schwarzman Building M1 - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Description
- 263 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles; 26 cm
- Summary
- MI9's secret escape and evasion mapping programme is one of World War II's most fascinating facts. Discover how maps printed on silk and rayon aided the escape of thousands of prisoners and evaders from occupied Europe. Delve into the extraordinary escape stories and find out how the maps were smuggled into prisoner of war camps inside everyday objects including board games.
- Alternative Title
- Great escapes : the story of MI9's Second World War escape and evasion maps
- Times great escapes
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index.
- Call Number
- Map Div. 16-118
- ISBN
- 9780008141301
- 0008141304
- OCLC
- 929990144
- Author
- Bond, Barbara A., author.
- Title
- Great escapes / Barbara A. Bond.
- Publisher
- Glasgow, Scotland : Times Books, 2015.
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- textstill imagecartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index.
- Note
- At head of title: Times great escapes
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 16-118