Skip to content

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

The Long Walk : The True Story of a Trek to Freedom Paperback - 2006

by Slavomir Rawicz

  • Used
  • very good
  • Paperback

Description

Globe Pequot Press, The, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Used - Very Good
NZ$9.96
FREE Shipping to USA Standard delivery: 4 to 8 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from ThriftBooks (Washington, United States)

Details

  • Title The Long Walk : The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
  • Author Slavomir Rawicz
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 245
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Globe Pequot Press, The, Guilford, CT
  • Date 2006
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G1592289444I4N10
  • ISBN 9781592289448 / 1592289444
  • Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.06 x 6.32 x 0.81 in (23.01 x 16.05 x 2.06 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About ThriftBooks Washington, United States

Biblio member since 2018
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

From the largest selection of used titles, we put quality, affordable books into the hands of readers

Terms of Sale: 30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.

Browse books from ThriftBooks

About this book

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.

Categories

About the author

Slavomir Rawicz lived in England after the war, settling near Nottingham and working as a handicrafts and woodworking instructor, a cabinetmaker, and later as a technician in architectural ceramics at a school of art and design. He married an Englishwoman, with whom he had five children. He retired in 1975 after a heart attack, and lived a quiet life in the countryside until his death in 2004.