Dodger: The Extraordinary Story of Churchill's American Cousin, Two World Wars, and the Great Escape

by Tim Carroll

Book Overview

The Dodger is the story of John Bigelow "Johnny" Dodge, a wartime hero and a pivotal figure in the escapade immortalised in the legendary Hollywood film The Great Escape.

Of all the Allied prisoners who broke out of Hermann G ring's "escape proof" camp in the famous "Great Escape" of March 1944, Johnny Dodge was the most intriguing.

The American-born and well-connected Dodge was a cousin by marriage of Winston Churchill...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762787767
• ISBN13: 9780762787760
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"