The Great Desert Escape: How the Flight of 25 German Prisoners of War Sparked One of the Largest Manhunts in American History

by Keith Warren Lloyd

Overview

Dramatic and exciting account of how twenty-five determined German U-Boat crewmen tunneled from American POW camp, crossed the unforgiving Arizona desert, and attempted to return battle. It was the only organized, large-scale domestic escape by foreign prisoners in U.S. history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493057795
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/08/2021
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	1,067,366
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Keith Warren Lloyd resides in Arizona. He is a professional firefighter, an independent writer, and a U.S. Navy veteran. Lloyd graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Liberal Studies with an emphasis on history and political science. He is author of Above and Beyond, the biography of Frank Luke Jr., the World War One ace known as the "Arizona Balloon Buster" and the first aviator to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Table of Contents

Preface: Papago Park vii

Chapter 1 The Battle of the Atlantic 1

Chapter 2 Die U-bootwaffe 7

Chapter 3 Death of a Submarine 13

Chapter 4 Post Office Box 1142 23

Chapter 5 Execution 31

Chapter 6 Prisoners of War in America 37

Chapter 7 The Land of Milk and Honey 43

Chapter 8 Eighty Cents a Day 47

Chapter 9 Run for the Border 55

Chapter 10 Kapitãn zur See 65

Chapter 11 Out of Luck 75

Chapter 12 Inside Compound 1A 83

Chapter 13 Digging a Tunnel 93

Chapter 14 The Three Crazy Boatmen 99

Chapter 15 Sowing Chaos 107

Chapter 16 Memorandum #46 113

Chapter 17 Don't Fence Me In 119

Chapter 18 The Devil Must Be Loose 135

Chapter 19 Christmas Day 1944 147

Chapter 20 Why on Earth? 157

Chapter 21 Fantastic and Highly Improbable 165

Chapter 22 Living Like Indians 173

Chapter 23 Jumping Cactus 181

Chapter 24 Let the Kid Win 189

Chapter 25 A Hell of a State of Affairs 195

Chapter 26 Dereliction of Duty 201

Chapter 27 Big Shot 213

Chapter 28 Punishment 225

Chapter 29 Sore and Disgusted 233

Chapter 30 Renewing in Friendship 241

Sources 247

Index 251

Editorial Reviews

With all of the emphasis on Allied POW escapes over the years, it is interesting to learn about the same from the German perspective.” - New York Journal of Books “The Great Desert Escape is an extremely well-written account...If your measure of an interesting book (that also holds your attention) is that it makes you read more information on the various topics discussed within, then The Great Desert Escape is for you.” -Military Review - The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army

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