I WAS A STRANGER - CLASSIC MEMOIR OF SECOND WORLD WAR

The Gripping True Story of a Dramatic Escape.

On 24th September, 1944, Brigadier John Hackett was critically wounded at the Battle of Arnhem.  After undergoing a major operation in a German controlled hospital, the Brigadier was spirited away by the Dutch Resistance to the home of a local family.  It was here that John Hackett spent the following four months hiding from the daily threat of the notorious Gestapo.  The family fed,clothed and nursed the Brigadier back to health on their own limited resources: a crime punishable by death.  Then, in February 1945, the British soldier commenced his daring escape under an assumed identity....

This book is the compelling story of Sir John's ordeal as a fugitive and the hair-raising adventures which befell him in his desperate bid for freedom.

This 252 page softcover has creases, marks and wear to cover and the book is slightly askew.  Internally there is extensive brown mottling to pages and original owner's name inside first page.  It is otherwise tight and clean and a great reading copy.