{"product_id":"2026100009569-secondhand-die-like-the-carp-the-story-of-the-greatest-prison-escape-ever","title":"Die Like The Carp!: The Story Of The Greatest Prison Escape Ever","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 2nd pr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the blood-soaked theatre of World War II, no story is more audacious or more harrowing than the mass breakout from Cowra prisoner-of-war camp in August 1944 — an event Die Like the Carp! chronicles with gripping precision and unflinching honesty. Harry Gordon reconstructs the desperate night when over a thousand Japanese prisoners stormed the wire in a suicidal charge, armed with little more than baseball bats, knives fashioned from kitchen utensils, and an unyielding code of honour that made surrender unthinkable. Set against the sun-scorched plains of rural New South Wales, the narrative details the chaos, courage, and cultural collision that turned a quiet Australian detention facility into the site of the largest prison escape in recorded history.\n\nGordon, one of Australia's most distinguished journalists and historians, brings a reporter's sharp eye and a historian's deep conscience to a tragedy shaped as much by Bushido — the Japanese warrior's code — as by the brutal mechanics of war. The book argues powerfully that the Cowra breakout was not merely a military incident but a profound clash of civilisations, one that left lasting scars on both Japanese and Australian communities. Meticulously researched and compellingly written, it stands as an essential document of wartime Australia, leaving the reader to ponder just how far a man will go when death is considered more honourable than captivity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203230376155,"sku":"2026100009569-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b55d4141-c77c-42cc-bf1b-5ad855abb4ce.png?v=1788146293","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009569-secondhand-die-like-the-carp-the-story-of-the-greatest-prison-escape-ever","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}