The colonel of Tamarkan : Philip Toosey and the bridge on the river Kwai / Julie Summers.

Collection type	Library
Author	Summers, Julie.;
Call Number	940.547252 S955
Document type	Monograph
Year	2005.
Pagination	xxii, 410 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Publisher	Simon & Schuster,
Note	Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. In 1941 Philip Toosey was given command of an artillery regiment. Philip and his men soon found themselves in the battle for Singapore, and were taken prisoner after the island's fall in 1942. Phillip was then sent to Thailand to command the 'bridge camp' at Tamarkin where he was ordered to supervise the construction of two railway bridges over the river Khwae Mae Khlong.
Place made	London

Abstract

Maps - Acknowledgements - Author's notes - Prologue - The Bridge on the River Kwai: novel, film, reality - An honest beginning - Spike the guns and save the personnel - An odd and curious party - Building bridges on the Khwae Mae Kholong - Escape to the J ungle - Tamarkan Base Hospital - By the light of the bomber's moon - The Officers' mess - Clean shirts and shorts - The Captain revived epilogue: borrowed time - Appendices - Notes - Bibliography - Picture credits - Index.