The Escaping Club

by A. J. EVANS (1889 - 1960)

The Frontier

The Escaping Club

Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly "escape-proof" German prison camp during World War I. After repatriation and rejoining the war, Evans again finds himself captured, this time first by Arabs and then by Turks. He again manages to escape. A detailed look at the trials faced by Allied POWs during World War I. (Summary by Tom Weiss)


Listen next episodes of The Escaping Club:
A Tunnel Scheme , An Escape With Medlicott , Arabs. Turks, And Germans , Attempts To Escape , Captors and Captives , Fort 9, Ingolstadt , Freedom , One More Run , Paying The Piper , Removal To A Strafe Camp , Short Rations And Many Riots , The Bojah Case , The Last of Fort 9 , The Round Tour Concluded , Through Bavaria By Night , Through Wurtemberg To The Frontier , To Afion Via Constantinople , We Escape