The forgotten highlander : my incredible story of survival during the war in the Far East /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Urquhart, Alistair 1919- (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Little, Brown, c2010.
• Θέματα: Great Britain. > Army. > Gordon Highlanders > History.; Παγκόσμιος πόλεμος, 1939-1945 > Ιαπωνία.; Αιχμάλωτοι πολέμου > Ιαπωνία.

An extraordinary and moving tale by an ex-POW and last surviving member of the Gordon Highlanders regiment that was captured by the Japanese in Singapore. Urquhart was taken prisoner and sent to work on the Death Railway and the notorious bridge over the River Kwai. He survived starvation, cholera a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• 1. Will ye no come back again
• 2. Jealousy
• 3. Land of hope and glory
• 4. Death march
• 5. Hellfire pass
• 6. Bridge on the river Kwai
• 7. It's a sin to tell a lie
• 8. Sentimental journey
• 9. Back from the dead
• Acknowledgements
• Index.