Captivity And Escape
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Captivity and Escape is a war memoir by Jean Martin, a French sergeant-major. Murray issued the English translation in London. Miss Randell translated it from the French. The book is dedicated to the author's fiancee. Her thought consoled him in hours of suffering, he writes. A letter of 1917 in front tells of his recovery. He had entered the service of his country again. His own introduction vouches for the tale's truth.
Nearly all scenes were witnessed by Martin himself. The rest came from friends whose faith is beyond question. He warns against judging all camps by one report. Generalising from single tales has hurt prisoners and kin, he says. Praise and complaint both mislead when spread too far. His book gives the day-by-day life of captivity. Escape is its hoped-for end from the first page.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
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| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 255 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |