The railway man : a true story of war, remembrance, and forgiveness / Eric Lomax.
The railway man : a true story of war, remembrance, and forgiveness / Eric Lomax.
By
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Lomax, Eric, 1919-
Publication Date
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1995-1996
Publication Information
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New York : Ballantine Books,
Physical Description
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276 p. : map.
Subject Term
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Prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Singapore -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Burma.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Thailand.
Summary
:
Eric Lomax, a British army soldier, was captured by the Japanese during the Singapore campaign of 1942. A railroad buff since a child, he took strange pleasure in his work as a POW on the Burma-Siam Railroad, which was later the subject of the film Bridge Over the River Kwai. When his captors discovered his detailed drawings of the railway, he was suspected as a spy and tortured for years. Fifty years later he discovered that the interpreter during his tortures was still alive. The two arranged a meeting and Lomax forgave him. Here is the exciting, moving and truthful account.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780345406682
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Summerford (GSD) | Adult NFic | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.5472 L83 | Please Request |