Long Walk
The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
Globe Pequot Publishing · Print & ebook · April 1, 2016
"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 everyday feats.
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- Who it’s for
- A stark account of survival makes the pursuit of freedom feel physical, mile by mile.
- Themes
- Prison escape, Survival under hardship, Freedom
- Genres
- Survival Stories, Personal Memoirs, World War II History
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"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 everyday feats.
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Their march--over thousands of miles by foot--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. While the original book sold hundreds of thousands of copies, this updated paperback version includes a new Afterword by the author, as well as the author's Foreword to the Polish book. Written in a hauntingly detailed, no holds barred way, the new edition of The Long Walk is destined to outrank its classic status and guaranteed to forever stay in the reader's mind. *** Six-time Academy Award–nominee Peter Weir (Master and Commander, The Truman Show, and The Dead Poets Society) recently directed The Way Back, a much-anticipated film based on The Long Walk. Starring Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess, and Ed Harris, it is due for release in 2011.
Freedom, Mile by Mile
A stark account of survival makes the pursuit of freedom feel physical, mile by mile.
Come here for
- An escape narrative measured in hunger, cold, and distance
Expect
- A hauntingly detailed march across deserts and mountains
Where it sits
| Survival Stories | 59% |
|---|---|
| World War II History | 24% |
| Personal Memoirs | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Personal Memoirs
- World War II History
- Authors
- Slavomir Rawicz
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Publishing
- Published
- April 1, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Prison escape · Survival under hardship · Freedom
- Reading lane
- Lives in History