The confidence men : how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history
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Published
New York : Random House, [2021].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
940.4725638 Fox
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940.4725638 Fox
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Published
New York : Random House, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
UPC
40030620870
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around camp, and one day, a Turkish officer approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby? Jones, a trained lawyer, and Hill, a brilliant magician, use the Ouija board--and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception -- to build a trap for the Turkish officers that will ultimately lead them to freedom. The Confidence Men is the story of the only known con game played for a good cause -- and of a profound but unlikely friendship. Had it not been for "the Great War," Jones, the Oxford-educated son of a British lord, and Hill, a mechanic from an Australian sheep farm, would never have met. But in pain, loneliness, hunger, and isolation, they formed a powerful emotional and intellectual alliance that saved both of their lives"--,Provided by publisher.
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Biographies.
Escaped prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Escaped prisoners of war -- Turkey -- Biography.
Hill, C. W. -- (Cedric Waters), -- 1891-1975.
Jones, E. H. -- (Elias Henry), -- 1883-1942.
Male friendship.
Prisoner-of-war camps -- Turkey -- Yozgat (Yozgat İli)
Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century.
Swindlers and swindling.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish.
Escaped prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Escaped prisoners of war -- Turkey -- Biography.
Hill, C. W. -- (Cedric Waters), -- 1891-1975.
Jones, E. H. -- (Elias Henry), -- 1883-1942.
Male friendship.
Prisoner-of-war camps -- Turkey -- Yozgat (Yozgat İli)
Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century.
Swindlers and swindling.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish.