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"The Long Walk is a book that I absolutely could not put down and one that I will never forget..."--Stephen Ambrose
"A poet with steel in his soul."--New York Times
"One of the most amazing, heroic stories of this or any other time."--Chicago Tribune
“A book filled with the spirit of human dignity and the courage of men seeking freedom.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Heroism is not the domain of the powerful; it is the domain of people whose only other alternative is to give up and die…. [The Long Walk] must be read—and reread, and passed along to friends.”—National Geographic Adventure
“The ultimate human endurance story…told with clarity, vivid description, and a good dash of romance and humor.”—The Vancouver Sun
"Essentially it comes down to some sort of inner tenacity and that is what is so gripping about the book because you know that this is actually about all of us. It's not just some Polish bloke who wanted to get home. It's about how we all struggle on every day. Somehow or other we find a reason to keep on going and it's the same here but on an epic scale".--Benedict Allen, explorer and bestselling author of Into the Abyss and Edge of Blue Heaven
"A poet with steel in his soul."--New York Times
“Heroism is not the domain of the powerful; it is the domain of people whose only other alternative is to give up and die…. [The Long Walk] must be read—and reread, and passed along to friends.”—National Geographic Adventure
“The ultimate human endurance story…told with clarity, vivid description, and a good dash of romance and humor.”—The Vancouver Sun
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4.0 out of 5 stars
I thought it was a good read,
This review is from: The Long Walk: M/TV (Paperback)
After having read, Unbroken, about a downed WWII pilot who survived life on a raft for a number of days and then was picked up by the Japanese and sent to a brutal camp, I thought I would read more about life in camps during war. I found this book and read it. I thought it was amazing that he managed to survive in and escape from a camp in Siberia. That he walked for months and months through a desert and mountains only to end up rescued in India. I was a wild account. Perhaps too wild? I don't know, after reading, I looked up more about it and found that most people believe this account to be fictional. There seems to be no way it could have actually occurred. Seen from that perspective, I feel foolish for believing it. However, if you just want to read an amazing book that could maybe have happened, then it really it quite good.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nice book,
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This review is from: The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom (Hardcover)
This is a nice edition, great paper quality and including a nice map. Good choice of survival story, even if you've seen the movie.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Not so true story,
By Orchard Gate "pi_eater" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom (Paperback)
Odd that Rawicz's Mongolians walk everywhere rather than ride horses, and dress in conical hats (something no one else has observed). Odd that he claims to have gone for 12 days in the Gobi without water - he must have been ready for a beer or two after that. And perhaps he had consumed more than a couple of beers when he met the yetis in the high Himalayas. It's also odd that Rawicz has refused to authenticate any of his claims and declined to produce records, photographs, witnesses, or the full identity or whereabouts of the other survivors. I think the bit on the cover, which claims that this is a "true story", may need revising.
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