Through the Valley of the Kwai

Through the Valley of the Kwai

Through the Valley of the Kwai (also published under the titles Miracle on the River Kwai and To End All Wars[1]) is the autobiography of a Scottish captain named Ernest Gordon and recounts the experiences of faith and hope of the men held in a Japanese prisoner of war labour camp, building the Burma Railway during the last three and a half years of World War II.

The book was adapted into a film in 2001 under the title To End All Wars.

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References

  1. ^ Ernest Gordon, a remarkable man of forgiveness and endurance pauladams.org

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