Lomax, Eric.

Summary: "Eric Lomax was a lonely boy in Scotland in the 1930s, a devoted railway enthusiast - a spotter of trains in the glorious final age of steam, when engines were really worth looking at."--BOOK JACKET. "In 1941 he was sent to Malaya as a member of the Royal Corps of Signals. Taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore, he was put to work on the infamous Burma-Siam railway, which cost the lives of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1995

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5472 LOM

Summary: Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Railway 2013

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RAI RATED R

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Ra