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

The Lyons Press, 7-12. first edition/14th printing. Paperback. Very Good +/no dust jacket paperback. first edition/14th printingmanufactured United States America oversize softcover book would spine in good shape minimal wear it probably has been read a couple of times. I read it myself I found it engaging fascinating, a glimpse into horrific time and experiences that many encountered in that time in history. In 1941, the author and a small group of fellow prisoners escaped a Soviet labor camp. Their march 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.With a new Afterword by the author, and the author's Foreword to the Polish edition, this new edition of The Long Walk is destined to outrank its classic status. (6 X 9, 256 pages, map)"One of the epic treks of the human race. Shackleton, Franklin, Amundsen...history is filled with people who have crossed immense distances and survived despite horrific odds. None of them, however, has achieved the extraordinary feat Rawicz has recorded. He and his companions crossed an entire continent--the Siberian arctic, the Gobi desert and then the Himalayas--with nothing but an ax, a knife, and a week's worth of food.