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On Wings of Eagles Study Guide

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by Ken Follett
About 5 pages (1,394 words)
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On Wings of Eagles can be compared to other escape narratives such as The Great Escape (1950) and The Midnight Express (1977). Even The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) is a distinguished representative of the genre.

The success of these tales relies heavily upon the public's fascination with and dread of lost liberty. There is magic in a story which pits personal strength against forces organized to deny personal freedom, and when a suspensefilled journey in which the escaped prisoner gambles with his.....

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On Wings of Eagles from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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