Libby Prison breakout: The daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison

Title Libby Prison breakout: The daring escape from the notorious Civil War prison
Names Wheelan, Joseph.
Book Number DB071711
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Book
Annotation Recounts the February 1864 escape of 109 Union officers from Libby Prison, a Confederate jail in Richmond, Virginia. Describes the conditions in the facility, the atmosphere in the city, the personalities involved, and the prisoner-exchange policies of the Civil War. Some violence. 2010.
Narrator Huffman, Jon.
Local Subject History, United States - HUS
History - HST
Adult Book - AD
Adult Non-Fiction - AN
Short Book - SH
Audience Notes Male narrator.
Contains violence.
LC Subject Escaped prisoners of war - United States - History - 19th century
Prisoner-of-war escapes - Virginia - Richmond - History - 19th century
Prisoners of war - United States - History - 19th century
Prisoners of war - Virginia - Richmond - History - 19th century
Tunnels - Virginia - Richmond - History - 19th century
Richmond (Va.) - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Prisoners and prisons
Call Number 973.772 ANF
Language English
Released 2010
Publication Info Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2010 (American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio).
Original Publication Recorded from: New York : PublicAffairs, c2010. 1586487167
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