A Thousand Cups of Rice - Surviving the Death Railway

Thompson, Kyle

ISBN 10: 0890159904 / ISBN 13: 9780890159903

Published by Eakin Press, Austin, 1994

About this Item

Signed and inscribed by the author, a POW survivor of the lost battalion, on the facing page, "11-3-94 for Peter Martinick a good friend and loyal supporter of great causes. Warm regards Kyle Thompson." Brown cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering in dustjacket. State first edition, but the number line begins with 2. A near fine copy in matching dustjacket - clean, bright and solid. A hint of foxing to the front text block edge and minor ruffling along the top of the front panel of the jacket. 182 pp., some black and white photos, index, and an appendix of lost battalion members who died in the POW camps.

Seller Inventory # 2424

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Thousand Cups of Rice - Surviving the Death Railway
• Publisher: Eakin Press, Austin
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890159904
• ISBN 13: 9780890159903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: near fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • HISTORY::Military::World War II
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY::Military
  • Military

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Synopsis

Thompson pens a gripping, personal account of how he, as a teenage soldier from rural Texas, became a member of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery--the "Lost Battalion"--and became one of the thousands of allied prisoners forced to build the bridge over the River Kwai during World War II. Original.