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100 1  Miller, Douglas|c(Screenwriter),|eauthor. 
245 14 The greatest escape :|ba true American Civil War adventure
       /|cDouglas Miller. 
264  1 Guilford, Connecticut :|bLyons Press,|c[2021] 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    xiii, 287 pages :|billustrations, portraits ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-269) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tCaptured --|tOn to Richmond --|tFresh fish --|tThe 
       prison and the city --|tChickamauga and Colonel Rose --
       |tLibby life --|tElizabeth Van Lew --|tColonel Rose takes 
       over --|tTight fit --|tFrom skirmishing to catechism --
       |tThe final tunnel --|tActs of cool daring --|tExertions 
       almost superhuman --|tThe hospital --|tTrapped in rat hell
       --|tBig mistake --|tBreakthrough --|tBreakout --|tFirst 
       night --|tA day of amused excitement --|tA bare chance --
       |tSaved by slaves --|tPluck and luck --|tFreedom --|tRose 
       and Streight --|tMake all the damn noise you please --
       |tAftermath --|tEpilogue: two buildings. 
520    "The Greatest Escape: A True American Civil War Adventure 
       tells the story of the largest prison breakout in U.S. 
       history. It took place during the Civil War, when more 
       than 1200 Yankee officers were jammed into Libby, a 
       special prison considered escape-proof, in the Confederate
       capitol of Richmond, Virginia. A small group of men, 
       obsessed with escape, mapped out an elaborate plan and one
       cold and clear night, 109 men dug their way to freedom. 
       Freezing, starving, clad in rags, they had to still travel
       40 miles to Yankee lines and safety. They were pursued by 
       all the white people in the area, but every Black person 
       they encountered was their friend. In every instance, 
       slaves risked their lives to help these Yankees, and their
       journey was aided by a female-led Union spy network. Since
       all the escapees were officers, they all could read and 
       write well. Over 50 of them would publish riveting 
       accounts of their adventures. This is the first book to 
       weave together these contemporary accounts into a true-to-
       life narrative. Much like a Ken Burns documentary, this 
       book uses the actual words the prisoners recorded more 
       than 150 years ago, as found in their many diaries and 
       journals." --|cPublisher's website. 
610 10 United States.|bArmy|xOfficers|xHistory|y19th century. 
610 20 Libby Prison. 
650  0 Prisoner-of-war escapes|zVirginia|zRichmond|xHistory. 
651  0 United States|xHistory|yCivil War, 1861-1865|xPrisoners 
       and prisons|vPersonal narratives.