I ESCAPED FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND - Fifteen Years Among The Living Dead (Original Hardcover Title = DRY GUILLOTINE) ENGLISH Language Edition de Belbenoit, Rene (1899-1959; Prisoner #46635) Translated from the French By Preston Rambo - 1949
de Belbenoit, Rene (1899-1959; Prisoner #46635) Translated from the French By Preston Rambo
I ESCAPED FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND - Fifteen Years Among The Living Dead (Original Hardcover Title = DRY GUILLOTINE) ENGLISH Language Edition
de Belbenoit, Rene (1899-1959; Prisoner #46635) Translated from the French By Preston Rambo
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New York, NY, USA.: Bantam Books, 1949. 277 pages; (Bantam Books #728); Rene Belbenoit was a French prisoner on Devil's Island who successfully escaped to the USA & wrote this book about his exploits. In World War I, Belbenoit served with distinction in the French Army from 1916-1917, and survived the Battle of Verdun. In 1920 he stole some pearls from a jewelry store, sentenced to 8 years of hard labor in the penal colony of French Guiana, (sometimes referred to as Devil's Island). Belbenoit was a constant thorn in the sides of French officials attempting to escape 4 times and doing so successfully on the 5th try, he escaped to the USA where he opened a diner. Of the 50,000 Men condemned to living Death, this one man escaped to tell his TRUE story of ESCAPE from the Cruelest place on Earth - DEVIL'S ISLAND; . Third Edition by Publisher. Soft Cover. Very Good +. Illus. by PHOTO Cover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mass Market Paperback.
- Librería COMIC WORLD (CA)
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- Estado del libro Usado - Very Good +
- Edición Third Edition by Publisher
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Editorial Bantam Books
- Lugar de publicación New York, NY, USA.
- Fecha de publicación 1949