The World Is Six Feet Square by Alan Caillou
$30.00
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About this book
Alan Caillou recounts his wartime capture in North Africa, imprisonment in Italy and efforts to escape and rejoin Allied forces. The memoir explores the confinement, uncertainty and resourcefulness of life as a prisoner of war. First published in 1954, it is a personal account of survival during the Second World War.
Details: Alan Caillou. Peter Davies, 1954. April 1954 reprint. Hardback. English. 214 pages.
Condition: Dust jacket is rubbed and worn, with small tears and chips at the edges and a patch of surface loss on the front. Pages are age-toned.
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