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The Long Walk. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

The Long Walk. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

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The Long Walk. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

by RAWICZ Slavomir

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Constable,, [1956]. 8vo., Second Impression, with 2 full-page maps in the text, page-edges browning; blue cloth, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip. Published in the same month as the first edition. The harrowing account of a young Polish officer's captivity under the Russians, and his eventual break for freedom from Siberia across the Gobi to Tibet.

Synopsis

Slavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19th November 1939 he was arrested by the Russians and after brutal interrogation he was sentenced to 25 years in the Gulags. After a three month journey to Siberia in the depths of winter he escaped with six companions, realising that to stay in the camp meant almost certain death. In June 1941 they crossed the trans-Siberian railway and headed south, climbing into Tibet and freedom nine months later in March 1942 after travelling on foot through some of the harshest regions in the world, including the Gobi Desert. First published in 1956, this is one of the world's greatest true stories of adventure, survival and escape, has been the inspiration for the film The Way Back, directed by Peter Weir and starring Colin Farrell and Ed Harris.

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Bookseller
Island Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
17643
Title
The Long Walk. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Author
RAWICZ Slavomir
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Constable,
Date Published
[1956]
Keywords
military, ww2, wwii, pow, russia, siberia, gobi desert, mongolia, tibet, rawicz, slavomir rawicz

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Cloth
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First Edition
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Tail
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