The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
In 1941, the author and a small group of fellow prisoners escaped a Soviet labor camp. Their march out of Siberia, through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to British India is a remarkable statement about man's desire to be free. With a new Afterword by the author, and the author's Foreword to the Polish edition, this new edition of The Long Walk is destined to outrank its classic status. (6 X 9, 256 pages, map) "One of the epic treks of the human race. Shackleton,...
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The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to British India. The New York Times A poet with steel in his soul.
\ The New York TimesA poet with steel in his soul.\ \ \ \ \ Chicago TribuneOne of the most amazing, heroic stories of this or any other time.\ \ \ Los Angeles TimesIt is a book filled with the spirit of human dignity and the courage of men seeking freedom.\ \ \ \ \ From the Publisher"The Long Walk is a book that I absolutely could not put down and one that I will never forget..."—Stephen Ambrose\ "A poet with steel in his soul."—New York Times\ "One of the most amazing, heroic stories of this or any other time."—ChicagoTribune\ \ “A book filled with the spirit of human dignity and the courage of men seeking freedom.”\ —Los AngelesTimes\ “Heroism is not the domain of the powerful; it is the domain of people whose only other alternative is to give up and die…. [The Long Walk] must be read—and reread, and passed along to friends.”—National Geographic Adventure\ “The ultimate human endurance story…told with clarity, vivid description, and a good dash of romance and humor.”—The Vancouver Sun\ "Essentially it comes down to some sort of inner tenacity and that is what is so gripping about the book because you know that this is actually about all of us. It's not just some Polish bloke who wanted to get home. It's about how we all struggle on every day. Somehow or other we find a reason to keep on going and it's the same here but on an epic scale".—Benedict Allen, explorer and bestselling author of Into the Abyss and Edge of Blue Heaven\ "The Long Walk is a book that I absolutely could not put down and one that I will never forget..."—Stephen Ambrose\ "One of the most amazing, heroic stories of this or any other time."—ChicagoTribune\ \ \
