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Cavalry officer Slavomir Rawicz was captured by the Red Army in 1939 during the German-Soviet partition of Poland and was sent to the Siberian Gulag along with other captive Poles, Finns, Ukranians, Czechs, Greeks, and even a few English, French, and American unfortunates who had been caught up in the fighting. A year later, he and six comrades from various countries escaped from a labor camp in Yakutsk and made their way, on foot, thousands of miles south to British India, where Rawicz reenlisted in the Polish army and fought against the Germans. The Long Walk recounts that adventure, which is surely one of the most curious treks in history. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"'An inspring tale of human courage and endurance.' Cyril Conolly, The Times" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars I thought it was a good read, Mar 17 2012

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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book, Feb 4 2012

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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, Mar 9 2004

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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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