The Long Walk
by Slavomir Rawicz
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0094516006
- ISBN 13
- 9780094516007
- Seller
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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
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8933
- Title
- The Long Walk
- Author
- Slavomir Rawicz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0094516006
- ISBN 13
- 9780094516007
- Publisher
- Constable & Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Biography: General, European History, World War 2 Books, polish, prisoner, gulags, russia, Adventure, Survival, Exploration; Russia; 1940s; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0094516006 EAN: 9780094516007 Slavomir Rawicz The Long Walk
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