~ Standard Hardcover
~ Winner of the Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Nonfiction - 2014
The Great Escape: A Canadian Story
An intricate breakout more than a year in the making, The Great Escape involved as many as two thousand POWs working with extraordinary coordination, intelligence, and daring . . .
A unique retelling of the second world war's most dramatic escape attempt, The Great Escape marshals groundbreaking research and first-hand recollections of the soldiers who experienced it.
"With new insights and a fresh perspective, Ted Barris takes readers deep inside The Great Escape. In fascinating and meticulous detail, he unravels the plotting and planning, completely befuddling German prison guards, that led to one of the most daring real-life dramas in modern history." -- Lloyd Robertson, CTV News