Among the headhunters : an extraordinary World War II story of survival in the Burmese jungle / Robe...
Among the headhunters : an extraordinary World War II story of survival in the Burmese jungle / Robe...
Among the headhunters : an extraordinary World War II story of survival in the Burmese jungle / Robert Lyman.
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Publisher
Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016]
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G 2016/3205
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxiii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Dumbastapur -- Burmese days -- Banzai! -- The crash -- Vinegar Joe -- The passengers -- Dr. Sevareid, I presume? -- Taming the Nagas -- The 1936 punitive expedition -- The battle of Pangsha -- Return to Mokokchung -- Eric and the headhunters -- Mongsen -- The sahib of Mokokchung -- The long walk hom...
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Publisher
Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016]
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
"Flying the notorious "Hump" route between India and China in 1943, a twin engine Curtiss-Wright C-46 plane suffered engine failure and crashed over the mountainous, remote border country. Among the passengers and crew were celebrated CBS journalist Eric Sevareid, a Soviet double-agent posing as an OSS operative, and General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell...
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Among the headhunters : an extraordinary World War II story of survival in the Burmese jungle / Robert Lyman.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-246) and index.
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Online version: Lyman, Robert, author. Among the headhunters Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016] 9780306824685 (DLC) 2016006988
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G 2016/3205
Record Identifier
74VKVq3jemEb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVq3jemEb
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ISBN
9780306824678 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0306824671
DDC
940.544973092 B
MMS ID
991024007593002626
