Outwitting the Hun My Escape from a German Prison Camp
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1918. Octavo, original green cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine, xi, 284 pp., frontispiece, eight plates. Slightly rubbed at spine ends, boards a bit bumped at corners, otherwise a very good copy. The memoir of Lieutenant Pat O'Brien's experiences as a pilot in World War I. Shot down during a mission, he miraculously survived a spiraling crash landing and ended captured by the German forces. He was made a prisoner of war for a short time as he soon escaped by jumping out a train window. After his escape, he was determined to make his way across Europe in hope to get to safety in Holland. Item #2657
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