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JUNGLE SOLDIER

by Brian Moynahan

Published by Quercus. Circa. 2009

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The True Story of Freddy Spencer Chapman - how he fought and survived one thousand days behind Japanese lines in Malaya in World War II to become a legend of guerilla warfare. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos.

Boards marked, spine slightly cocked, lower corners bumped. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to top edge of rear panel.

ISBN: 1849160766
Stock no. 1816271

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Contents

  • List of Maps
  • Prologue: Behind Enemy Lines
  • 1. A Very English Boyhood
  • 2. Journeys on the Ice Cap
  • 3. Goodbye to a Golden Boy
  • 4. Scrambles in Sikkim
  • 5. The Mission
  • 6. To War
  • 7. Across the Main Range
  • 8. The Mad Fortnight
  • 9. Disasters and Decapitations
  • 10. Birds and Bullets
  • 11. 'Japun! Japun!"
  • 12. The Betrayer
  • 13. Journey to Shangri-La
  • 14. A World Turned Upside Down
  • 15. The Search for Noone
  • 16. Taken by the Japanese
  • 17. On the Run
  • 18. The Traitor-Killing Camp
  • 19. Hollow Days
  • 20. Deliverance
  • 21. The Lion in Winter
  • Glossary
  • Acknowledgements and Bibliography
  • Index

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