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The Cooler King : The True Story of William Ash - The Greatest Escaper of World War II - Patrick Bishop

The Cooler King

The True Story of William Ash - The Greatest Escaper of World War II

By: Patrick Bishop

eBook | 3 September 2015 | Edition Number 1

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The Cooler King tells the astonishing story of William Ash, an American flier brought up in Depression-hit Texas, who after being shot down in his Spitfire over France in early 1942 spent the rest of the war defying the Nazis by striving to escape from every prisoner of war camp in which he was incarcerated.

It is a saga full of incident and high drama, including a break out via a tunnel dug in the latrines of the Oflag XXIB prison camp in Poland - a great untold episode of the Second World War. Alongside William Ash is a cast of fascinating characters, including Douglas Bader, Roger Bushell, who would go on to lead the Great Escape, and Paddy Barthropp, a dashing Battle of Britain pilot who despite his very different background became Ash's best friend and shared many of his adventures.

By weaving together contemporary documents and interviews with Ash's comrades, Patrick Bishop vividly recreates the multiple escape attempts, while also examining the POW experience and analysing the passion that drove a hard core of group of prisoners to risk death in repeated bids for freedom.

The Cooler King is at once uplifting and inspirational, and stands as a testament to the durability of decent values and the invincible spirit of liberty.

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Bishop's excellent account of Ash's wartime exploits makes fascinating and gripping reading.
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