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Birds in a Cage

Birds in a Cage

Paperback (02 May 2013)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781780721361
Publisher: Octopus
Imprint: Short Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 940.547243
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 312
Weight: 228g
Height: 197mm
Width: 131mm
Spine width: 24mm