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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part42.utf8:204803471:1967
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01967cam a2200385 i 4500
001 2015473719
003 DLC
005 20151222083636.0
008 151014s2014 wauab b 000 0 eng d
010 $a 2015473719
020 $a9781934199053
020 $a1934199052
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn880719062
040 $aILPML$beng$cILPML$erda$dOCLCO$dOCLCQ$dUOJ$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
043 $ae-fr---$ae-uk---
082 04 $a940.5486
050 00 $aD802.B4$b.H37 2014
100 1 $aHemingway-Douglass, Réanne,$d1933-
245 14 $aThe Shelburne escape line :$bsecret rescues of allied aviators by the French underground, the British Royal Navy and London's MI-9 /$cReanne Hemingway-Douglass [and] Don Douglass.
264 1 $aAnacortes, WA :$bCave Art Press,$c2014.
264 4 $c©2014
300 $axxiv, 197 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes glossary, pages 187-188.
505 0 $aPart One -- The Shelburne Escape, Part Two -- Further Accounts.
504 $aIncludes bibliography, pages 189-196.
520 $a"The only Underground escape line that successfully evaded infiltration by the Gestapo was the Shelburne Line. Allied airmen, rescued after being shot down, were taken to Paris by Resistance members where - after intense interrogation - they received new names, identity cards, clothing, training, and special passes for the forbidden coastal zone in Brittany. They were hidden in "safe house" attics of loyal local farmers, waiting until a moonless night for evacuation to England via the Royal Navy's high-speed Motor Gun Boat 503"--Back cover.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xUnderground movements$xBeligum.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xUnderground movements$zFrance.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bRoyal Navy.
650 0 $aComet Line.
700 1 $aDouglass, Don,$d1932-$eauthor.