+ − Survey 44:253 My 15 ’20 450w
BISHOP, H. C. W. Kut prisoner. (On active service ser.) il *$1.50 (3c) Lane 940.47
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The author, a subaltern of the Indian army reserve of officers, gives an account of prison life at Kastamuni in Asia Minor, and of his escape in company with three other officers, their recapture, and rescue by Turkish brigands and their voyage across the Black sea in a small boat, to the Russian border and freedom. Contents: Ctesiphon; Kut; From Kut to Kastamuni; Life in Kastamuni; Escape from Kastamuni; The first night; On the hills; Slow progress; Bluffing the peasants; Reaching the coast; Recaptured; Rescued; In hiding with the Turks; Continued delays; Three days on the Black sea; The Crimea and home; Friends in captivity. There are maps, illustrations and appendices.
“The book is interesting.”
+ Ath p386 Mr 19 ’20 30w + Boston Transcript p8 S 15 ’20 250w
“Mr Bishop describes his adventures simply and clearly, and his book is worth reading.”
+ Spec 124:216 F 14 ’20 70w The Times [London] Lit Sup p90 F 5 ’20 60w
BISHOP, JOSEPH BUCKLIN. Theodore Roosevelt and his time shown in his own letters. 2v il *$10 Scribner