A Great Escape
I'm easily lured in by stories of heroic escapes. But I've had to pace myself. 1. The Long Walk , Slavomir Rawicz (1984). This ranks as my number one escape story. A Polish Army officer captured by the Soviets in 1939 when Poland was carved in two with Germany. Rawicz was sent to far eastern Siberia where he and six others, including one American escaped into the winter snows. In one year the group walked thousands of miles across Siberia, the Gobi Desert, and the Himalayas. The story was recently released as the movie, The Way Home. In the last few years there has been some question about the authenticity of the story. Even so, the story may be a composite of others. A similar book, not on my shelf but on my wish list is the story of German soldier sent to Siberia, As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Escape from a Siberian Labor Camp and His 3-year Trek to Freedom by ...