Jungle soldier -- the true story of Freddy Spencer Chapman by Moynahan, Brian - 2009

Quercus, London, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic and Maps. 600 g; X, 338, (4) pages, with glossary, bibliography, index, and illustrated with maps in the text, and 16 pages of black-and-white photography. Colour illustrated softcover binding, reading creases to the spine but no other damage to report. Freddy Spencer Chapman -- Arctic explorer, Himalayan climber and naturalist turn master of guerrilla warfare -- was posted as "missing believed killed" after the Japanese swept through Malaya in January 1942. The Japanese knew he was alive, though, and they hunted him as they did no other. After 1226 days behind their lines -- shot 3 times, often desperately ill, companions captured and beheaded -- he was plucked from a Malay beach by submarine in May 1945. -- Rear panel blurb Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Maps. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Military History -- World War II; Biography -- Military; ISBN/EAN: 9781849162821. Inventory No: 0233271. . 9781849162821