| Specifications | 6" X 9"; 80 pages; Library Binding |
| Interest/Age Group | Grades 6+ |
| Special Features | Notes, Glossary, Further Reading, Websites, Bibliography, Time Line, Index |
About
the Series
How did anyone manage to escape from the Nazi
death camps or the killing fields of Cambodia?
Great Escapes
presents gripping accounts of narrow escapes to illuminate
historical events from a distinct, personal perspective.
Here are the
brave individuals caught in history’s worst atrocities—and their
amazing will to survive. David Bol, one of Sudan’s many "lost
boys," tells of his four-month trek across Ethiopia to a refugee camp
during a horrific civil war. William Wells Brown depended on the station masters
of the Underground Railroad to help him escape to the North and to freedom from
slavery. Jewish prisoners Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wexler smuggled out proof of
Nazi extermination practices, outrunning German bullets to "tell everyone
about Auschwitz." Primary sources add drama to each compelling narrative,
while the text addresses the broader significance of the event, the social
issues at stake, and how society continues to be affected.
