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Eric A. Keith

A firsthand World War I escape memoir follows a British civilian prisoner who kept trying to slip out of Germany and finally made it back to freedom. The story is practical, tense, and surprisingly readable more than a century later.

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My Escape from Germany

My Escape from Germany

by Eric A. Keith

About the author

Little biographical information about the author is easy to confirm from major public sources, but Eric A. Keith is credited as the author of My Escape from Germany, first published in 1919 by The Century Co. Project Gutenberg identifies the book as his work and classifies it as a World War I account centered on imprisonment in Germany and repeated escape attempts.

From the book itself and its catalog information, he appears to have written from direct personal experience as a British civilian prisoner during World War I. The memoir focuses on captivity, planning escapes, and the practical skills needed to cross unfamiliar country under constant risk of capture, which gives it the feel of a lived account rather than a distant history.

No clearly verified portrait of Eric A. Keith was found on the sources reviewed, so a profile image is not included here.