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Tunnel 29 : the true story of an extraordinary escape beneath the Berlin Wall
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- ISBN: 1541788842
- ISBN: 9781541788848
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Physical Description:
xv, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Public Affairs, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Hodder & Stoughton"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-304) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword -- The beach -- The first escape -- The long walk -- The rebrand -- The smuggler -- The radio -- The tank -- A thousand little things -- The house of one thousand eyes -- Operation Rose -- Mousetrap -- Snow -- The escapes -- The boy in short pants -- Valley of the clueless -- Binoculars -- The watch-tower -- The camp -- The spy -- The file -- Evi and Peter (and Walter and Wilhelm too) -- The Girrmann group -- The house of the future -- The factory -- Concrete -- The cemetery -- Shift-work -- A new name -- The bomb -- Blisters -- The TV producer -- The deal -- New York -- Cameras -- Umbrellas -- Death strip -- Wilhelm, again -- Ground rules -- The leak -- The second tunnel -- The lovers -- The day before -- 7 August -- Hohenschönhausen -- Mole-hunt -- Silence -- The show trial -- The butcher -- Claus's story -- Paris -- Numbers -- The last visit -- The messenger -- Investigations -- Maps -- Reuven -- 14 September -- Walter and Wilhelm -- The search -- Film-reel -- The bug -- The pushchair -- The party -- The canoe -- The plane -- The second party -- The press conference -- The library -- A message -- The film -- The letter -- Hamlet -- The gold Mercedes -- Final report -- Airborne -- Epilogue. |
| Summary, etc.: | He escaped from one of the world's most brutal regimes. Then, he decided to tunnel back in. In the summer of 1962, a young student named Joachim Rudolph dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Waiting on the other side in East Berlin were dozens of men, women, and children--all willing to risk everything to escape. From the award-winning creator of the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 podcast, Tunnel 29 is the true story of this most remarkable Cold War rescue mission. Drawing on interviews with the survivors and Stasi files, Helena Merriman brilliantly reveals the stranger-than-fiction story of the ingenious group of student-diggers, the glamorous red-haired messenger, the Stasi spy who threatened the whole enterprise, and the love story that bbecameits surprising epilogue. Tunnel 29 was also the first made-for-tv event of its kind; it was funded by NBC, who wanted to film an escape in real time. Their documentary --which was nearly blocked from airing by the Kennedy administration, which wanted to control the media during the Cold War--revolutionized TV journalism Ultimately, Tunnel 29 is a success story about freedom: the valiant citizens risking everything to win it back, and the larger world rooting for them to triumph. -- |
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| Easton Public Library | 943.155 MERRIMAN, HELENA (Text) | 37777123605586 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bethel Public Library | 943.155 MER (Text) | 34030147222407 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Derby Neck Library | COLD-WAR BERLIN-M (Text) | 34046148606968 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | 943.155 MER (Text) | 31953145373240 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Milford Public Library | 943.155 M (Text) | 34013150787086 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Sherman Library | 943.15 MER (Text) | 34060152663203 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Weston Public Library | 943.155 MERRIMAN (Text) | 34053150434719 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Wolcott Public Library | 943.15 MERR (Text) | 34031155980910 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Woodbury Public Library | 943.155 MERRIMAN (Text) | 34018150380386 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| 500 | . | ‡a"First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Hodder & Stoughton"--Title page verso | |
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| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡gForeword -- ‡tThe beach -- ‡tThe first escape -- ‡tThe long walk -- ‡tThe rebrand -- ‡tThe smuggler -- ‡tThe radio -- ‡tThe tank -- ‡tA thousand little things -- ‡tThe house of one thousand eyes -- ‡tOperation Rose -- ‡tMousetrap -- ‡tSnow -- ‡tThe escapes -- ‡tThe boy in short pants -- ‡tValley of the clueless -- ‡tBinoculars -- ‡tThe watch-tower -- ‡tThe camp -- ‡tThe spy -- ‡tThe file -- ‡tEvi and Peter (and Walter and Wilhelm too) -- ‡tThe Girrmann group -- ‡tThe house of the future -- ‡tThe factory -- ‡tConcrete -- ‡tThe cemetery -- ‡tShift-work -- ‡tA new name -- ‡tThe bomb -- ‡tBlisters -- ‡tThe TV producer -- ‡tThe deal -- ‡tNew York -- ‡tCameras -- ‡tUmbrellas -- ‡tDeath strip -- ‡tWilhelm, again -- ‡tGround rules -- ‡tThe leak -- ‡tThe second tunnel -- ‡tThe lovers -- ‡tThe day before -- ‡t7 August -- ‡tHohenschönhausen -- ‡tMole-hunt -- ‡tSilence -- ‡tThe show trial -- ‡tThe butcher -- ‡tClaus's story -- ‡tParis -- ‡tNumbers -- ‡tThe last visit -- ‡tThe messenger -- ‡tInvestigations -- ‡tMaps -- ‡tReuven -- ‡t14 September -- ‡tWalter and Wilhelm -- ‡tThe search -- ‡tFilm-reel -- ‡tThe bug -- ‡tThe pushchair -- ‡tThe party -- ‡tThe canoe -- ‡tThe plane -- ‡tThe second party -- ‡tThe press conference -- ‡tThe library -- ‡tA message -- ‡tThe film -- ‡tThe letter -- ‡tHamlet -- ‡tThe gold Mercedes -- ‡tFinal report -- ‡tAirborne -- ‡gEpilogue. |
| 520 | . | ‡aIn a book based on the podcast series, a broadcast journalist tells the unbelievable true story of 22-year-old Joachim Rudolph, who, in 1961, set out to build an escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall and was faced with many obstacles before freeing 29 people. | |
| 520 | . | ‡aHe escaped from one of the world's most brutal regimes. Then, he decided to tunnel back in. In the summer of 1962, a young student named Joachim Rudolph dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Waiting on the other side in East Berlin were dozens of men, women, and children--all willing to risk everything to escape. From the award-winning creator of the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 podcast, Tunnel 29 is the true story of this most remarkable Cold War rescue mission. Drawing on interviews with the survivors and Stasi files, Helena Merriman brilliantly reveals the stranger-than-fiction story of the ingenious group of student-diggers, the glamorous red-haired messenger, the Stasi spy who threatened the whole enterprise, and the love story that bbecameits surprising epilogue. Tunnel 29 was also the first made-for-tv event of its kind; it was funded by NBC, who wanted to film an escape in real time. Their documentary --which was nearly blocked from airing by the Kennedy administration, which wanted to control the media during the Cold War--revolutionized TV journalism Ultimately, Tunnel 29 is a success story about freedom: the valiant citizens risking everything to win it back, and the larger world rooting for them to triumph. -- ‡cFrom dust jacket. | |
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