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24%OFFReg Twigg - Survivor on the River Kwai - 9780241965115 - V9780241965115
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Survivor on the River Kwai

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Description for Survivor on the River Kwai Paperback. Reg Twigg spends the next three years in hell, moving from jungle camp to jungle camp and building the Burma Railway for the all-conquering Japanese. He was a risk taker whose survival strategies sometimes bordered on genius. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 pp. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; BM; HBJF; HBLL; HBWQ; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.

Survivor on the River Kwai is the heartbreaking story of one of the last survivors of the Burma Railway.

February 1942. A young British soldier is caught up in the worst defeat in the history of the British Army, the fall of Singapore.

Reg Twigg spends the next three years in hell, moving from jungle camp to jungle camp and building the Burma Railway for the all-conquering Japanese. Beaten, tortured, starving and forced to watch his comrades die, Reg fights for his survival, stealing from his captors, trapping animals and even making his own tobacco. That Reg ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241965115
SKU
V9780241965115
Shipping Time
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About Reg Twigg
Reg Twigg was born at Wigston (Leicester) barracks on 16 December 1913. He was called up to the Leicestershire Regiment in 1940 but instead of fighting Hitler he was sent to the Far East, stationed at Singapore. When captured by the Japanese, he decided he would do everything to survive. After his repatriation from the Far East, Reg returned ... Read more

Reviews for Survivor on the River Kwai
One of the finest accounts yet of life in the jungle PoW camps, at once humbling, heartwarming and enraging
Allan Mallinson
The Times

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