Flame Keepers The True Story of an American Soldier's Life Inside Stalag 17

SHOT OUT OF THE SKY BY GERMAN FIGHTER PLANES... In the Spring of 1944, Ned Handy' s B-24 bomber was shot down on a mission into Germany. Handy and his fellow survivors were sent to Stalag 17, a crowded, disease-ridden POW camp that held thousands of Allied soldiers and operated by its own cruel rules. AND PLUNGED INTO A WORLD OF MISERY AND COURAGE... From the beginning, Handy set out to escape, relentlessly digging a tunnel underneath a barracks. As he dug, Handy forged friendships and uneasy alliances, survived Gestapo searches and a vicious beating, helped save the lives of wanted men and befriended a German guard. When the moment came for Handy to escape, fate would intervene as he and his fellow prisoners began a brutal march West-- towards freedom or death.... ONE MAN WOULD WIN A WAR OF HIS OWN This is a powerful, moving memoir of an ordeal that brought out the best and the worst in men. A must-read for World II buffs and anyone interested in the true nature of war, "The Flame Keepers "is a story of suffering, camaraderie, horror and survival-- and one young man' s awakening to the power of humanity itself. "[A] rewarding experience." --"Washington"" Post" "Handy's amazing story reads like an impossible-to-put-down thriller." --"Book-of-the-Month News"Handy, Ned is the author of 'Flame Keepers The True Story of an American Soldier's Life Inside Stalag 17', published 2006 under ISBN 9780312349042 and ISBN 0312349041.