65 years have passed since a brilliant young art student set sail
from Liverpool to fight Japanese aggression in the Far East.
Captured on arrival in the chaotic fall of Singapore, Jack Chalker
joined the 60,000 allied prisoners driven to the limits of human
endurance in the slave labour camps of the infamous Burma Railway.
"A sleeper laid for every life lost" ran the legend, and the
author's brushes and paints, improvised with genius from the
unlikeliest of sources, record not only the misery, squalor,
savagery, heroism and fortitude of the prison camps, but also the
horrific reality of disease, wounds and the ravages of
starvation.Unseen for nearly three generations, the drawings in
this book, accompanied by Chalker's own commentary, occupy an
enthralling niche in the chronicling of the Second World War. As an
historical document, a medical record, and a tribute to the memory
of the thousands who lost their lives, "Burma Railway" is a
profoundly moving document, exquisite in its detail, unique in its
honesty.It features over 100 full colour illustrations and
photographs.
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