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birdwatching society
British POWs
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escape through nature
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prisoner of war survival
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royal society for the protection of birds
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true survival story
true wartime camaraderie
Warburg Germany 1941
WW2 captivity
Product details
- ISBN 9781780721361
- Weight: 229g
- Dimensions: 128 x 195mm
- Publication Date: 02 May 2013
- Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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At Warburg, Germany, in 1941, four British PoWs find an unexpected means of escape from the horrors of internment when they form a birdwatching society, and embark on an obsessive quest behind barbed wire.
Through their shared love of birds, they overcome hunger, hardship, fear and stultifying boredom. Their quest draws in not only their fellow prisoners, but also some of the German guards, at great risk to them all...
Derek Niemann draws on original diaries, letters and drawings, to tell of how Conder, Barrett, Waterston and Buxton were forged by their experiences as POWs into the giants of post war wildlife conservation. Their legacy lives on, in institutions such as the RSPB and the British Wildlife Trust.
Derek Niemann is the editor of the RSPB's children's magazine and has written several books on nature and conservation for young readers. He lives in Bedfordshire with his family.
