| Description |
207 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Vanguard Press, 1954. |
| Summary |
1942: Boldly advancing through Asia, the Japanese need a train route from Burma going north. In a prison camp, British POWs are forced into labor. The bridge they build will become a symbol of service and survival to one prisoner, Colonel Nicholson, a proud perfectionist. Pitted against the warden, Colonel Saito, Nicholson will nevertheless, out of a distorted sense of duty, aid his enemy. While on the outside, as the Allies race to destroy the bridge, Nicholson must decide which will be the first casualty: his patriotism or his pride. -- Publisher description. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
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Burma-Siam Railroad -- Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
War stories.
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| ISBN |
9780891419136 |
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0891419136 |
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