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LUCKY JOHNNY: The Footballer who Survived the River Kwai Death Camps

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Amazing Book Company
(Liphook, Reino Unido)

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Descripción Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. In 1938, Johnny Sherwood was a young professional soccer player touring the world with the all-star British team the Islington Corinthians. By 1942, he was a soldier surrendering to the Japanese at the siege of Singapore. He was sent to a POW camp deep in the heart of the Thai jungle, where he was starved, beaten, and forced to build the notorious "railway of death" on the River Kwai. Johnny kept his and his men's spirits up with tales of his soccer past, even organizing matches until he and the other prisoners became too weak to play. One day, he encountered a brutal Japanese guard and was shocked to recognize him as a Japanese soccer player he once played against. Many years after Johnny's death, his grandson, Michael, discovered an old manuscript hidden in the attic of his mother's house. It was Johnny's own account of his wartime experiences?the story too horrific to reveal in full to his loved ones. In the tradition of bestselling memoirs like The Railway Man, Lucky Johnny is an inspirational tale of survival against the odds. Ref W 6. Nº de ref. del artículo: 032773

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