LEADER 00000nim a22004575a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125052239.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 190407s2019 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9781977359384 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1977359388 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781977359384_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT12317652 037 12317652|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 00 940.54/72430922|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Cartron, Jean-Luc E.,|eauthor. 245 10 So close to freedom :|ba World War II story of peril and betrayal in the Pyrenees|h[Hoopla electronic resource]. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bTantor Audio,|c2019. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 40 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Robertson Dean. 520 During World War II many escape-line organizations contributed to the Allied cause by funneling hundreds of servicemen trapped behind enemy lines out of occupied Europe. As the Germans tightened their noose around the escape lines and infiltrated them, the risk of discovery only grew for the servicemen who, in ever-increasing numbers, needed safe passage across the Pyrenees. In early 1944 two important escape-line organizations operated in Toulouse in southwestern France, handing over many fugitives to French passeur Jean-Louis Bazerque ("Charbonnier"). Along with several of his successful missions, Charbonnier's only failure as a passeur is recounted in gripping detail in So Close to Freedom. This riveting story recounts how Charbonnier tried to guide a large group of fugitives-most of them downed Allied airmen, along with a French priest, two doctors, a Belgian Olympic skater, and others-to freedom across the Pyrenees. Tragically, they were discovered by German mountain troopers just shy of the Spanish border. Jean-Luc E. Cartron offers the first detailed account of what happened, showing how Charbonnier operated, his ties with "the Françoise" (previously "Pat O'Leary") escape-line organization, and how the group was betrayed and by whom. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xPrisoners and prisons, German. 650 0 Escapes|zPyrenees. 700 1 Stanton, Roger,|ewriter of foreword. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 12317652?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781977359384_180.jpeg