The Resource The confidence men : how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history, Margalit Fox
The confidence men : how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history, Margalit Fox
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- Summary
- "Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around camp, and one day, a Turkish officer approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby? Jones, a trained lawyer, and Hill, a brilliant magician, use the Ouija board--and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception--to build a trap for the Turkish officers that will ultimately lead them to freedom. The Confidence Men is the story of the only known con game played for a good cause--and of a profound but unlikely friendship. Had it not been for "the Great War," Jones, the Oxford-educated son of a British lord, and Hill, a mechanic from an Australian sheep farm, would never have met. But in pain, loneliness, hunger, and isolation, they formed a powerful emotional and intellectual alliance that saved both of their lives. Margalit Fox brings her "nose for interesting facts, the ability to construct a taut narrative arc, and a Dickens-level gift for concisely conveying personality" (Kathryn Schulz, New York) to this gripping tale of psychological strategy that is rife with cunning, danger, and moments of high farce that rival anything in Catch-22"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 329 pages
- Contents
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- Prologue: A wraith at the top of the stairs
- For king and country
- Besieged
- Destination unknown
- A hundred springs
- Spooked
- The uses of enchantment
- The regard of flight
- In confidence
- Villainous OOO
- The treasure test
- The telechronistic ray
- Certifiable
- Two lunatics, five hundred pounds of butter, and a great deal of flour
- The mad ward
- Near death
- Persuasion
- Epilogue: Afterlife
- Isbn
- 9781984853844
- Label
- The confidence men : how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history
- Title
- The confidence men
- Title remainder
- how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history
- Statement of responsibility
- Margalit Fox
- Subject
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- Escaped prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Escaped prisoners of war -- Turkey -- Biography
- Great Britain
- HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
- HISTORY / World
- Hill, C. W., (Cedric Waters), 1891-1975
- Hill, C. W., (Cedric Waters), 1891-1975
- Jones, E. H., (Elias Henry), 1883-1942
- Jones, E. H., (Elias Henry), 1883-1942
- Male friendship
- 1900-1999
- Prisoner-of-war camps
- Prisoner-of-war camps -- Turkey | Yozgat (Yozgat İli)
- Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century
- Swindlers and swindling
- Swindlers and swindling
- TRUE CRIME / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions
- Turkey
- Turkey -- Yozgat (Yozgat İli)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish
- Male friendship
- Escaped prisoners of war
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around camp, and one day, a Turkish officer approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby? Jones, a trained lawyer, and Hill, a brilliant magician, use the Ouija board--and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception--to build a trap for the Turkish officers that will ultimately lead them to freedom. The Confidence Men is the story of the only known con game played for a good cause--and of a profound but unlikely friendship. Had it not been for "the Great War," Jones, the Oxford-educated son of a British lord, and Hill, a mechanic from an Australian sheep farm, would never have met. But in pain, loneliness, hunger, and isolation, they formed a powerful emotional and intellectual alliance that saved both of their lives. Margalit Fox brings her "nose for interesting facts, the ability to construct a taut narrative arc, and a Dickens-level gift for concisely conveying personality" (Kathryn Schulz, New York) to this gripping tale of psychological strategy that is rife with cunning, danger, and moments of high farce that rival anything in Catch-22"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fox, Margalit
- Dewey number
- 940.4/725638
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D627.T8
- LC item number
- F69 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jones, E. H.
- Hill, C. W.
- World War, 1914-1918
- Escaped prisoners of war
- Escaped prisoners of war
- Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Prisoner-of-war camps
- Swindlers and swindling
- Male friendship
- Hill, C. W.
- Jones, E. H.
- HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
- HISTORY / World
- TRUE CRIME / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions
- Escaped prisoners of war
- Male friendship
- Prisoner-of-war camps
- Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Swindlers and swindling
- Great Britain
- Turkey
- Turkey
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The confidence men : how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history, Margalit Fox
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: A wraith at the top of the stairs -- For king and country -- Besieged -- Destination unknown -- A hundred springs -- Spooked -- The uses of enchantment -- The regard of flight -- In confidence -- Villainous OOO -- The treasure test -- The telechronistic ray -- Certifiable -- Two lunatics, five hundred pounds of butter, and a great deal of flour -- The mad ward -- Near death -- Persuasion -- Epilogue: Afterlife
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1194868575
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 329 pages
- Isbn
- 9781984853844
- Lccn
- 2020044276
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- The confidence men : how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history, Margalit Fox
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: A wraith at the top of the stairs -- For king and country -- Besieged -- Destination unknown -- A hundred springs -- Spooked -- The uses of enchantment -- The regard of flight -- In confidence -- Villainous OOO -- The treasure test -- The telechronistic ray -- Certifiable -- Two lunatics, five hundred pounds of butter, and a great deal of flour -- The mad ward -- Near death -- Persuasion -- Epilogue: Afterlife
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1194868575
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 329 pages
- Isbn
- 9781984853844
- Lccn
- 2020044276
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Escaped prisoners of war -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Escaped prisoners of war -- Turkey -- Biography
- Great Britain
- HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
- HISTORY / World
- Hill, C. W., (Cedric Waters), 1891-1975
- Hill, C. W., (Cedric Waters), 1891-1975
- Jones, E. H., (Elias Henry), 1883-1942
- Jones, E. H., (Elias Henry), 1883-1942
- Male friendship
- 1900-1999
- Prisoner-of-war camps
- Prisoner-of-war camps -- Turkey | Yozgat (Yozgat İli)
- Prisoner-of-war escapes
- Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century
- Swindlers and swindling
- Swindlers and swindling
- TRUE CRIME / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions
- Turkey
- Turkey -- Yozgat (Yozgat İli)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish
- Male friendship
- Escaped prisoners of war
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