Three Times and Out: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Three Times and Out, credited to Nellie McClung, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Three Times and Out by Nellie McClung. Read in English by DPranitis The true story of M. C. Simmons, a Canadian soldier captured by the German Army during the early days of World War I. We read of his sixteen months of imprisonment, his encounters with other captured troops of the other Allied armies and his observations of the nature of his captors and their countrymen. Most compellingly we read of his escape from POW camp, his recapture and punishment, and then the capture and punishment following his second escape attempt, climaxing in his third escape attempt and daring travel through enemy territory against all odds. In McClung's words, "Private Simmons is a close and accurate observer who sees clearly and talks well. He tells a straightforward, unadorned tale, every sentence of which is true, and convincing." (Summary by the narrator)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Three Times and Out
• Author credits: Nellie McClung
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 7:05:10

Catalogue topics

• World War I
• Canada
• prisoner of war
• Germany
• military history
• escape

Track guide

1. 00 - Dedication and Preface — 3:34
2. 01 - Chapter I. How It Started — 17:25
3. 02 - Chapter II. Through Belgium — 14:38
4. 03 - Chapter III. Into Germany — 16:21
5. 04 - Chapter IV. The Lazaret — 11:54
6. 05 - Chapter V. The Prison-Camp — 18:33
7. 06 - Chapter VI. Rossbach — 16:30
8. 07 - Chapter VII. The Escape\; Chapter VIII. Off For Switzerland! — 34:15
9. 08 - Chapter IX. Caught\; Chapter X. The Cells! — 23:11
10. 09 - Chapter XI. The Strafe-Barrack — 15:12
11. 10 - Chapter XII. Back to Camp — 17:33
12. 11 - Chapter XIII. Cellelager — 21:18
13. 12 - Chapter XIV. Off For Holland! — 20:03
14. 13 - Chapter XV. Caught Again — 12:32
15. 14 - Chapter XVI. The Invisible Brotherhood — 19:12
16. 15 - Chapter XVII. The Cells at Oldenburg — 23:44
17. 16 - Chapter XVIII. Parnewinkel Camp — 21:59
18. 17 - Chapter XIX. The Blackest Chapter of All — 16:52
19. 18 - Chapter XX. Once Again! — 14:19
20. 19 - Chapter XXI. Travelers of the Night — 25:15
21. 20 - Chapter XXII. The Long Road to Freedom — 31:41
22. 21 - Chapter XXIII. Out\; Conclusion — 29:09

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