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From the slave revolt led by Spartacus in the first century B.C.E. to the 1997 Peruvian Embassy siege, each story in this page-turning survey of history's greatest bids for freedom serves as a tribute to the ingenuity, perseverance, courage, and indomitable will of those who fled or were rescued from dangerous political, religious, or social circumstances.

Roger Howard is a freelance writer who graduated with honors from the University of Cambridge. He lives in Oxford, England

List of Entries by Category

vii

Preface

xi

Introduction

xiii

Great Escapes and Rescues: An Encyclopedia

Acre Castle

1

(1)

Afghanistan: The Flight of the Russian air crew

2

(1)

Air escape by

3

(1)

Alcatraz

4

(3)

Algeria

7

(1)

Al-Ould

7

(2)

Amethyst

9

(1)

Andersonville

10

(1)

Apollo 13

11

(2)

Arnhem

13

(1)

Asrar al-Qabandi

14

(1)

Attica Prison

15

(1)

Auschwitz

15

(2)

Aylward, Gladys

17

(2)

Bailey, Lt. Col. Frederick

19

(1)

Bangkok Airport

20

(1)

Barney Joshua

21

(1)

The Bastille

21

(1)

Belbenoit Rene

22

(1)

Ben Bella, Ahmed

23

(1)

Beniowski, Count Maurice

24

(1)

Berlin, Battle for

25

(1)

Berlin Blockade

26

(1)

Berlin Wall

27

(3)

Biggs, Ronald

30

(1)

Bitche Fortress

30

(1)

Blake, George

31

(2)

Blount, Father Henry

33

(1)

Bonney, William H.

34

(1)

Boston Massacre

35

(1)

Bounty

36

(1)

Bray, John

37

(1)

Brixton Prison

37

(1)

Broad, Lt. Col. Richard

38

(1)

Brooklyn Heights

39

(1)

Brown, Henry

39

(1)

Buckley, Everett

40

(1)

Burns, Robert Eliot

40

(3)

Cabanatuan

43

(1)

Cambridge Spy Ring

43

(2)

Camp Morton

45

(1)

Casanova, Jacques

45

(1)

Catholic Church, rescue

46

(1)

Cavell, Edith

47

(2)

Cebekhulu, Katiza

49

(1)

Chandos, Sydney, earl of Cardigan

50

(1)

Charles Edward Stuart

51

(1)

Charles Stuart

52

(2)

Chavasse, Noel

54

(1)

Chitral

55

(2)

Chrastny, Nikolaus

57

(1)

Churchill, Sir Winston L.S.

57

(2)

Cody, William F.

59

(2)

Colditz

61

(1)

Collet, Charles

62

(1)

Columbia Prison

63

(1)

Conley, Capt. Edward

64

(1)

``Cooper, D. B.''

64

(1)

Corregidor

65

(1)

Cortes, Hernan

65

(1)

Crumlin Road Prison

66

(1)

Cuba, escape from

66

(1)

Curion, Coelius Secundus

67

(1)

Curragh

67

(2)

Dalai Lama XIV of Tibet

69

(1)

Davao Penal Colony Mindanao

69

(1)

De Gaulle, Charles

70

(1)

De Marenches, Alexandre

70

(1)

De Valera, Eamonn

70

(2)

Deane-Drummond, Anthony

72

(1)

Dengler, Lt. Dieter

72

(1)

Dikko, Umaru

73

(1)

Dith Pran

73

(2)

Dodge, John

75

(2)

Dunkirk

77

(1)

Dutch Train rescue

78

(3)

Egyptian embassy

81

(1)

Entebbe

81

(2)

Escape attempts

83

(2)

Execution, escape from

85

(4)

Fanning, David

89

(1)

Foley, Frank

89

(1)

Forgery and impersonation

90

(2)

Franco-Prussian War

92

(1)

French Guiana

92

(1)

Fugitive Slave Laws

93

(2)

Gambetta, Leon

95

(1)

Gambian rescue

96

(1)

Garibaldi, Giuseppe

97

(1)

German Secret Service

98

(1)

Giraud, Gen. Henri

99

(1)

Glass, Charles

99

(1)

Gordievsky, Oleg

100

(2)

The Great Escape

102

(1)

Grimson, George

103

(1)

Grotius, Hugo

104

(3)

Hackensack River

107

(1)

Haldane, Capt. Aylmer

107

(1)

``Harris, Eliza,''

108

(1)

Hinds, Alfie

108

(1)

Holzminden

109

(1)

Houdini, Harry

110

(3)

Iranian embassy siege

113

(2)

Iranian hostage rescue operation

115

Irian Jaya

11

(107)

Iron Curtain

118

(3)

Japanese army, Prisoners of

121

(4)

Kabul

125

(1)

Kalbowski, Harry

125

(1)

Kandahar

126

(1)

Kashmir

127

(1)

Kennedy, John F.

127

(1)

Kerensky, Aleksandr

127

(1)

Khe Sahn

128

(2)

Khmer Rouge

130

(1)

King David Hotel

131

(1)

Klemperer, Victor

132

(1)

Koldyczewo Camp

132

(1)

Kolwezi

132

(1)

Korea

133

(1)

Kosovo

134

(1)

Latude, Henri Masers de

135

(1)

Lawrence, Thomas Edward

135

(2)

Le Chambon

137

(1)

Lebrun, Lt. Pierre

137

(1)

Lefebre, Gen. Louis

138

(1)

Libby Prison

138

(2)

Logan, Harvey

140

(1)

Long Kesh Prison

141

(1)

The Long March

141

(1)

Louis XVIII

142

(1)

Louis Napoleon

143

(1)

Louis Phillipe

144

(1)

Lucan, Lord Richard John

144

(2)

Lucknow

146

(1)

Ludendorff, Erich

146

(1)

MacArthur, Douglas

147

(1)

Magdeburg Prison

148

(1)

Malmedy

149

(1)

Mandela United Football Club

149

(1)

Maple Leaf

149

(1)

Maroon communities

150

(1)

Mary, Queen of Scots

151

(2)

Masaryk, Tomas

153

(1)

Matilda, Empress

153

(1)

Maze Prison

154

(1)

McGartland, Martin

155

(1)

McVicar, John

156

(1)

Medieval England, imprisonment in

157

(1)

MIS-X, MI9

158

(1)

Mitchell, Frank

159

(1)

Modena train Break

160

(1)

Mogadishu plane rescue

161

(1)

Mohammed

162

(1)

Morgan, Gen. John

163

(1)

Mossad

164

(1)

Moundsville Penitentiary, West Virginia

165

(1)

Munich

166

(1)

Mussolini, Benito

166

(2)

My Lai

168

(1)

Myagkov, Capt. Aleksei

169

(2)

Nadir, Asil

171

(1)

Napoleon Bonaparte

171

(1)

Napoleonic Wars

171

(1)

Nazaroff, Paul

172

(1)

New York

173

(1)

Nijmegen

173

(1)

Norway

174

(3)

O'Grady, Scott

177

(2)

Paine, Thomas

179

(1)

Palestine

179

(1)

Papillon (Henri Charriere)

179

(2)

Parker, John

181

(1)

Peruvian embassy siege

182

(2)

Peterhead Prison

184

(1)

Pignata, Giuseppe

185

(1)

Pitman, Henry

185

(1)

Pluschow, Gunther

185

(1)

Potter, Arthur

186

(1)

Prendergast, Sgt. John

187

(1)

Press gangs, escape from

187

(1)

Probyn, Walter

188

(1)

Pym, John

189

(2)

Rawicz, Slavomir

191

(1)

Rescue attempts

192

(1)

Rowe, James ``Nick''

193

(1)

Russian Revolution and civil war

194

(1)

Rwandan genocide

195

(1)

``Ryan, Chris''

195

(2)

Sadat, Anwar

197

(1)

Saigon

197

(2)

Salado Prison, Mexico

199

(1)

Salisbury Prison, Virginia

199

(1)

San Quentin

199

(1)

Santa Fe, New Mexico

200

(1)

Schindler, Oscar

201

(1)

Sea, escape and rescue at

202

(1)

Servitude, escape into

203

(1)

Sheppard, Jack

204

(1)

Sing Sing

204

(1)

Sobibor Concentration Camp

205

(1)

Sparks, John

206

(1)

Spartacus

206

(1)

Spooner, Lt. Col. Pat

207

(1)

Stalin, Joseph

208

(3)

Tall, Robert

211

(1)

Tchernavin Family

211

(1)

Tehran

212

(1)

The Terror

212

(2)

Titanic

214

(2)

Tokyo, raid on

216

(1)

Tower of London

216

(3)

Trenck, Baron Frederick Von Der

219

(1)

Trotsky, Leon

220

(3)

Underground Railroad

223

(2)

U.S. prisoner of war camps

225

(2)

Valcour Island

227

(1)

Vienna

227

(1)

Vietnam War

228

(1)

Von Trapp Family Singers

229

(2)

Wagner, Richard

231

(1)

Wallenberg, Raoul

231

(2)

Warburg

233

(1)

Ward Road Prison, Shanghai

233

(1)

Werra, Franz von

234

(2)

Wilson, Charlie

236

(1)

Wooden Horse

237

(2)

Zwickau Prison

239

(2)

Bibliography

241

(6)

Index

247

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Great Escapes and Rescues is the only reference available that explores key events in world history through some of the most captivating bids for freedom ever recorded. From a slave revolt led by Spartacus in the first century BCE to the Peruvian Embassy siege in 1997, each story in this informative and engaging resource serves as a tribute to the ingenuity, perseverance, courage, and indomitable will of those who fled or were rescued from dangerous political, religious, or social circumstances. Each entry features a chronological account
of the escape or rescue, cross references, and suggestions for further reading.
A list of entries by category allows students, teachers, and researchers to search for information by topic.
Coverage includes:
The escape of Mohammed, the founder of Islam, from his enemies in 622 AD
Jacques Casanova who fled from an escape-proof prison in 1755, only to hide out in the house of a local police official who was searching for him
Union prisoners who escaped their Confederate captors when a ventriloquist among them made a corpse protest his burial
Members of the Danish underground who smuggled more than 8,000 Jews into Sweden in 1943
The 1973 attempt made by Israeli commandos to free fellow nationals being held hostage in Entebbe, Uganda.