The Men of the Line: Stories of the Thai-Burma Railway Survivors

by Pattie Wright

Chronicling the extraordinary engineering feat that ran from Bampong to Thanzanbuyat, this account tells the history of the Thai-Burma railway, known as “The Line,” which was built with a slave labor force consisting of Allied POWs and enslaved Asians. In-depth and compelling, this volume traces the working camps along the line from June 1942 to October 1943, preserving the stories and experiences of the laborers who toiled in the jungles of Asia to construct the railway’s 688 bridges and more than 250 miles of track.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2008