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Padre Mac: The Autobiography of The Late Murdo Ewen Macdonald of Harris

Anew ,corrected Third Edition with a Foreword by ,the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown,an Introduction by Catherine Macdonald of Drinisiadar, Na Hearadh, and a Tribute bt the Rev. Roderick Mackinnon. With added photographs of Murdo Ewen and his family.

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Two of the chapters relate to his experience as a P.O.W., or "Kriegie" in Stalag Luft III for 18 months from December,1942 until January,1945, and then in Stalag Luft VIIA in Bavaria until 29,April,1945, when he was liberated by General Patton. Earlier chapters relate to his childhood, and adolescence in ,then, largely momoglot Gaelic-speaking community.

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adult
Length
short · 193 pages

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