Buy this book on-line PAPE, Richard B. (Edited by) : The Yorkshire Post. P.o.W EditionStalag Luft VI, 1945
A very good copy in the original 1/4 green cloth, wood grain paper boards, hinges split externally, extremities rubbed, text clean and tight. INSCRIBED "to my old and valued friend Chas E McCormac. Sincere good wishes, Richard B. Pape. My prisoner of war days were not wasted:- A man has not lived until he has faced death. Appreciated the meaning of food until he has starved. Felt clean until he been lousy". Richard Pape was born in Yorkshire in 1916. He worked as a journalist on the Yorkshire Post but on the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the Royal Air Force. Pape trained as a navigator and was posted to 15 Squadron based at Wyton. He was shot down while returning from an air raid on Berlin on 7th September 1941. The aircraft crashed near the Dutch border and with the help of the resistance he initially evaded capture. Pape was eventually captured by the Germans and became a prisoner of war. He escaped twice but both times he was recaptured. The second time he was tortured by the Gestapo. Pape was repatriated to Britain on health grounds in 1944. After the war Pape wrote several books including the best-selling Boldness by my Friend (1952). In 1965 Pape returned his military medals to the Queen in protest against the award of the MBE to the Beatles. Richard Pape died in Australia on 19th June, 1995. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of PAPE, Richard B. (Edited by) : The Yorkshire Post. P.o.W Edition. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, atlases, rare books, libri antichi and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |