Project Gutenberg 2016-04-13 Public domain in the USA. 352 Jones, E. H. (Elias Henry) 1883 1942 Jones, Elias Henry Hill, C. W. (Cedric Waters) 1891 1975 Hill, Cedric Waters The Road to En-Dor Being an Account of How Two Prisoners of War at Yozgad in Turkey Won Their Way to Freedom The Road to Endor E-text prepared by KD Weeks, MWS, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "The Road to En-Dor" by E. H. Jones is a memoir that recounts the experiences of two prisoners of war in Turkey during World War I. Likely written in the early 20th century, the book focuses on the extraordinary and often comical lengths the protagonists go to in order to regain their freedom. The main characters are Lieutenant E. H. Jones himself and Lieutenant Hill, who engage in a series of spiritualist experiments that both entertain their fellow captives and ultimately aid their escape. The opening of the memoir sets the stage for the story, revealing the dreary life of prisoners at Yozgad. After receiving a postcard from home, Jones and his companions decide to embark on exploring spiritualism as a way to pass the time. They gather a group of fellow inmates, eventually attempting to communicate with the spirit world through a Ouija board, initially with little success. However, their persistence leads to unexpected breakthroughs where they start to believe they are actually communicating with spirits, notably a character named "Sally." This combination of humor and intrigue establishes a compelling dynamic that blends camaraderie with the desperation of captivity, inviting readers to follow along with both laughter and suspense. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Spiritualism World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish Prisoner-of-war escapes Jones, E. H. (Elias Henry), 1883-1942 Hill, C. W. (Cedric Waters), 1891-1975 D501 Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare Category: Humour Category: Biographies Category: History - Warfare 926646 2025-06-20T16:33:54.298403 text/html 907576 2024-10-23T00:20:32 text/html 1790419 2025-06-20T16:34:09.848334 application/epub+zip 1789938 2025-06-20T16:33:57.312358 application/epub+zip 450399 2025-06-20T16:33:55.874440 application/epub+zip 1998960 2025-06-20T16:34:18.445761 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1936716 2025-06-20T16:34:08.355315 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 599434 2022-09-23T14:53:43.017542 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 801175 2025-06-20T16:33:51.905369 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 781228 2024-10-23T00:20:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18894 2025-06-20T16:34:18.629766 application/rdf+xml 14743 2025-06-20T16:33:56.056372 image/jpeg 1827 2025-06-20T16:33:55.965353 image/jpeg 1606624 2025-06-20T16:33:54.423416 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia