Life on the Death Railway: The Memoirs of a British Prisoner of War

by Stuart Young

As a young man, Stuart Young endured the horrors of the Japanese prisoner-of-war camps and survived. Later in life, in graphic detail, he recorded the experience - the dreadful conditions, the brutal treatment, the sickness and starvation, the merciless routine of forced labor. Yet he also recorded the comradeship among the prisoners, their compassion and strength, and the pastimes and entertainments that helped them to come through an ordeal that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184884820X
• ISBN13: 9781848848207
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"