The bridge over the River Kwai / by Pierre Boulle ; translated by Xan Fielding.
1942: Boldly advancing through Asia, the Japanese need a train route from Burma going north. In a prison camp, British POWs are forced into labor. The bridge they build will become a symbol of service and survival to one prisoner, Colonel Nicholson, a proud perfectionist. Pitted against the warden,...
| Uniform Title: | Pont de la rivière Kwaï.
English Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection. |
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| Language: | English |
| Language of the Original: |
French |
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New York :
Vanguard Press,
[1954]
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| Series: | Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
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MSU: Copy 2 gift of Jack and Susan Davis.
MSU: Copy 2 in dust jacket. |
| Physical Description: | 224 pages ; 22 cm |
| Format: | Book |