The Long Walk

The True Story of a Trek to Freedom

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The Long Walk

By: Slavomir Rawicz

Narrated by: John Lee

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Twenty-six-year-old cavalry officer Slavomir Rawicz was captured by the Red Army in 1939 during the German-Soviet partition of Poland and sent to the Siberian Gulag. In the spring of 1941, he escaped with six of his fellow prisoners, including one American. Thus began their astonishing trek to freedom.

With no map or compass but only an ax head, a homemade knife, and a week's supply of food, the compatriots spent a year making their way on foot to British India, through 4,000 miles of the most forbidding terrain on earth. They braved the Himalayas, the desolate Siberian tundra, icy rivers, and the great Gobi Desert, always a hair's breadth from death. Finally arriving, Rawicz reenlisted in the Polish army to fight the Germans.

Slavomir RawiczJohn LeeBlackstone Audio, Inc.

Military

War

Inspiring

Cavalry

Heartfelt

Thought-Provoking

China

Russia

Soviet Union

Red Army

Military War Inspiring Cavalry Heartfelt Thought-Provoking China Russia Soviet Union Red Army

Critic reviews

Nominee, 2008 Audie Award, Solo Narration - Male

"Positively Homeric." (London Times)

"One of the most amazing, heroic stories of this or any other time." (Chicago Tribune)

"It is a book filled with the spirit of human dignity and the courage of men seeking freedom." (Los Angeles Times)

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