Captive in Korea

London, United Kingdom: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. Fourth Impression [stated]. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Cover has some wear and soiling. Nice inscription signed by the author on fep. Ephemera taped inside front cover. Some fep discoloration. Name of previous owner on fep. Some foxing noted.. 224p. Illustrations., 23 cm. Philippe Deane Gigantes BA MA PhD (August 16, 1923 December 9, 2004) was a veteran of the Second World War, journalist, war correspondent, POW of the Korean War, author, television commentator, Greek minister of culture, and Canadian senator. Gigantes served in the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. After the war, he became a journalist, working for the London Observer, in Greece, North Africa, and South Asia, from 1946 to 1961. Whilst covering the Korean War he was taken prisoner, and spent 33 months in a North Korean prison camp. During this time he was interned with George Blake. After his release he wrote the book I was a Captive in Korea and returned to his career in journalism. He became the Washington correspondent for the London Observer and the Globe and Mail. From the 1965 to 1970s was a journalist, who left Greece for Canada via US and landed in Canada in 1965. During the 1970s he was speech writer and top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.