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

Keith Warren Lloyd

Apr 2019 · Rowman & Littlefield · Narrated by Noah Michael Levine

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5 hr 44 min

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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.

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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.

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