Since all the escapees were officers, they all could read and write well. Over 50 of them would publish riveting accounts of their adventures. This is the first book to weave together these contemporary accounts into a true-to-life narrative. Much like a Ken Burns documentary, this book uses the actual words the prisoners recorded more than 150 years ago, as found in their many diaries and journals.
Douglas Miller is a documentary filmmaker and writer/producer on more than twenty documentaries aired on the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, and Showtime, notably the series The Color of War, Modern Marvels, and Boneyards. He lives in Studio City, CA.