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The flame keepers the true story of an American soldier's survival inside Stalag 17

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Main Author: Handy, Edward A.
Other Authors: Battle, Kemp P.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Hyperion, c2004.
Edition:1st ed.
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Handy, Edward A.
Stalag XVII B Krems-Gneixendorf.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography.
Prisoners of war > Germany > Biography.
Prisoner-of-war escapes > Germany.
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Physical Description:ix, 325 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
ISBN:0786868791
Author Notes:Enlisting after Pearl Harbor, Ned Handy served in the Air Force through World War II. After graduation from MIT he worked as a city planner in the U.S. and overseas, retiring three years ago. A lifelong writer, Handy joined with friend and author Kemp Battle to tell this WWII story. He and his wife, Margaret, live in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Their daughter, Jenifer, and her husband live nearby.

Kemp Battle, a corporate strategist and management consultant, is also the author of Great American Folklore and Hearts of Fire. A father of four, he lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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