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The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
 

The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom

by Slavomir Rawicz

"I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves."--Slavomir Rawicz

In 1941, the author and six other fellow prisoners escaped a Soviet labor camp in Yakutsk--a camp where enduring hunger, cold, untended wounds, untreated illnesses, and avoiding daily executions were... (read more)

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QCN
  • Rated 5 stars

“In 1955 the London Daily Mail sent one of its reporters, Ronald Dowling, to interview a Polish immigrant living in London for a story about the Yeti – the legendary abominable snowman of the Himalayas. Dowling got more than he bargained for – and so will readers of “The Long Walk”, an extraordinary true story of almost impossible courage.

When Dowling interviewed the immigrant, Slavomir Rawicz, and asked about the specifics of the sighting, Rawicz responded matter-of-factly that the...”

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  • Rated 4.44 stars
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  • Rated 4.485714 stars
  

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  • Lowell W

    lowell w said:

    “This is a very powerful story!”

    posted Friday, January 11 2008
  • Rick H

    rick h said:

    “what a powerful story. I've read it 4 times and each time was as compelling as the first. some may question the veracity of this book, but for me a number of impressions lead me to believe it is true and unembellished. foremost is the consistency of the writer's tone, from the frustration of his arrest & trial, to the brutality of the trek to Siberia, and the matter-of-fact descriptions of the devotion and courage displayed by all during the escape to freedom. there is nothing hyperbolic in this story, it is simply an account with no effort spent on creating drama. ”

    posted Sunday, December 16 2007
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