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As World War II raged throughout Europe, many Allied fliers were shot down in battle. If they survived, the fliers would parachute behind enemy lines, often to find themselves stranded and hunted down by the Gestapo. The luckiest soldiers encountered the Comet Line, an underground resistance group that recovered Allied aircrews and guided them to safety. In The Freedom Line, Peter Eisner tells this extraordinary story through the eyes of the soldiers themselves, along with the brave people who rescued them. The road to safety was a treacherous one, stretching hundreds of miles across occupied France to the Pyrenees Mountains at the Spanish border. But the selfless civilian fighters of the Comet Line persevered, risking their lives to save hundreds of Americans, British, Australians, and other Allied airmen. Based on in-depth archival research and survivor interviews, The Freedom Line is the story of a group of friends who chose to act on their own out of a deep respect for liberty and human dignity. Peter Eisner is the Deputy Foreign Editor at the Washington Post. He was foreign editor of Newsday from 1985-1989 and served as the paper''s Latin America correspondent from 1989-1994. He was also a reporter, editor and bureau chief with The Associated Press. Eisner won the InterAmerican Press Association Award in 1991 for his investigations of drug trafficking in the Americas. He is the author of Death Beat (with Maria Jimena Duzan), and America''s Prisoner, which he co-wrote with Manuel Noriega. ''A highly readable, gripping, and inspirational account of a little-known aspect of resistance history ... Highly recommended'' - Library Journal Reviews
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Peter Eisner is a deputy foreign editor at the Washington Post. He served as a foreign editor at Newsday from 1985 through 1989 and as the paper''s Latin America correspondent from 1989 through 1994. He was also a reporter, editor and bureau chief with the Associated Press. Eisner won the InterAmerican Press Association Award in 1991 for his investigations of drug trafficking in the Americas. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
