No Picnic on Mount Kenya: A Daring Escape, A Perilous Climb
Lyons Press, March 2005. First Edition. Paper Back. Used - Very Good. Item #296613
ISBN: 1592287247
Felice Benuzzi recounts one of the most bizarre and daring prisoner-of-war and escape adventures of the past century. In 1943, Felice Benuzzi and two Italian compatriots escaped from a British POW camp in equatorial East Africa with only one goal in mind - to climb the dangerous seventeen-thousand-foot Mount Kenya. NO PICNIC ON MOUNT KENYA is the classic tale of this most bizarre and thrilling adventure, a story that has earned its place as a unique masterpiece of daring and suspense. FELICE BENUZZI was born in Vienna to a family of mountaineers. He was an accomplished swimmer who represented Italy in several international meets from 1933 to 1935. He was also a graduate of law school. In 1938 he entered the Colonial Service and began serving abroad, where he was captured and imprisoned in a POW camp at the foot of Mount Kenya. Benuzzi managed to escape from the camp and immediately began writing.
Octavo. Sound & mostly clean. Previous owner's name & a date written in ink on half title page.Complete number line. A paperback original. First edition. [239 pages]
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