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