We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
"A book that I absolutely could not put down . . . and one that I will never forget.”\ —Stephen E. Ambrose\ "One of the great escape stories of our time.”\ —Chicago Sun-Times\ "We Die Alone is a spine chiller. It may well become a legend.”\ —Boston Post\ \ Here is one of the most exciting escape narratives to emerge from the challenges and miseries of World War II. In March 1943, a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos sailed from northern England for...
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A World War II chronicles of Jan Baalsrud's escape from Nazi-occupied arctic Norway. We Die Alone is an astonishing true story of heroism and endurance. Like Slavomir Rawicz's The Long Walk, it is also an unforgettable portrait of the determination of the human spirit. Library Journal This 1955 volume is one of the most remarkable survival stories ever written. Jan Baalsrud was the only survivor of a Norwegian commando team ambushed by the Nazis during World War II. Wounded and with the Germans in pursuit, Baalsrud escaped and miraculously fought his way through the Norwegian tundra to a distant village, where he was saved by locals who helped spirit him to Sweden. Baalsrud suffered frostbite and snowblindness, came through an avalanche, and lived to tell the tale. This edition has a new introduction by Citizen Soldiers' author Stephen Ambrose. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
\ Library JournalThis 1955 volume is one of the most remarkable survival stories ever written. Jan Baalsrud was the only survivor of a Norwegian commando team ambushed by the Nazis during World War II. Wounded and with the Germans in pursuit, Baalsrud escaped and miraculously fought his way through the Norwegian tundra to a distant village, where he was saved by locals who helped spirit him to Sweden. Baalsrud suffered frostbite and snowblindness, came through an avalanche, and lived to tell the tale. This edition has a new introduction by Citizen Soldiers' author Stephen Ambrose. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.\ \ \ \ \ Boston PostAlmost unbelievable. We Die Alone is a spine chiller. It may well become a legend.\ \ \ Chicago Sun TimesOne of the great escape stories of our time.\ \ \ \ \ International Herald TribuneYou won't stop until you come to the end.\ \ \ \ \ New York Times Book ReviewWe Die Alone fills one with humble admiration for the stubborn courage of a man who refused to die under circumstances that would have killed ninety-nine men out of a hundred and with almost equal admiration for the men and women who never hesitated to help him.\ \
