For the Birds Radio Program: Book Review: Birds in a Cage

Original Air Date: Dec. 7, 2017 Rerun Dates: Oct. 15, 2021; Dec. 9, 2020; Nov. 14, 2019

Four British soldiers taken prisoner of war in World War II spent much of their time studying birds they could observe in their imprisonment. Derek Niemann wrote an important book about their ordeals and how their focus on birds helped them endure.

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