Vintage War: The Railway Man Transportation Iredale Pedersen Hook

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Vintage War: The Railway Man Transportation Iredale Pedersen HookThis is the story of innocence betrayed, of passion and curiosity about the world of machines turned nightmarish and punished by the cruelty of which only humans are capable. It is also a story of survival and courage. Eric Lomax was tortured by the Japanese on the Burma Siam Railway. Fifty years later he met one of his tormentors.