The Cooler King: The True Story of William Ash, the Greatest Escaper of World War II

by Patrick Bishop

Book Overview

When American fighter pilot William Ash's plane was shot down over France in 1942, he was captured by German forces and placed in a Nazi prison camp. Ash, bolstered by the grit and ingenuity he developed during his upbringing in Texas during the Great Depression, would spend the rest of the war defying the Nazis and striving to escape from every POW camp in which they incarcerated him. His thrilling exploits made him the inspiration for Steve McQueen's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468312731
• ISBN13: 9781468312737
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Abrams Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"