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The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram: A compelling story of courage and endurance in the Second World War

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Joshua Manning

12 Hours 54 Minutes

Pan Macmillan

May 2018

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'Endlessly fascinating. Cram's story sizzles with adventure.' Giles Milton, Sunday Times
A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram is a riveting account of the wartime exploits of Alastair Cram, brilliantly told by the American author, David Guss. Cram was taken prisoner in North Africa in November 1941, which began a long odyssey through twelve different POW camps, three Gestapo prisons and one asylum. He became a serial escapee - fleeing his captors no fewer than twenty-one times, including his final, and finally successful, escape from a POW column in April 1945.
Perhaps the most dramatic of his attempts was from Gavi, the 'Italian Colditz'. Gavi was a maximum-security prison near Genoa for the pericolosi, the 'most dangerous' inmates because of their perpetual hunger to escape. It was here that Alastair met David Stirling, the legendary founder of the SAS, and cooked up the plan for what would become the 'Cistern Tunnel' escape, one of the most audacious but hitherto little-known mass escape attempts of the entire war.
A story of courage in the face of extraordinary odds, it is a testament to one man's dogged determination never to give up.

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  • Anonymous

    A brilliant and gripping story of a brave and intelligent man committed to escaping & to assisting others in the cause! Hard to stop listening to this well told narrative...thoroughly recommend it & will definitely listen to it myself several times more

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  • Crompton B.

    In the introduction, the author indicated a fascination with World War Two POW escapes listing books that I read at an early age as well and knew I was in for a treat. Like him, I read the Great Escape, Wooden Horse and others and was putting the headphones on every chance I got to follow the latest attempts of Alistair Cram. What I believe I valued the most were the author's sketches of the prisoners, level of detail, and exploration of Cram's indomitable will and almost mystical approach to satisfying his need to seek freedom no matter the cost. The mountaineering, another interest, was a bonus! I have to admit that when the book continued past Cram's service in the war criminal searches and extended into his experiences in Africa, wondered if perhaps it had gone on too long. But in the end it was about Cram's strength of character as manifested in other ways and while I won't spoil the ending, would not have missed the last paragraph for the world! Narrator top-notch and brought the large cast of characters to life in fine fashion.

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