DOC West Virginia History; the Mountain State by C. C. Straub in History

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I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom; and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves.--Slavomir RawiczIn 1941; the author and six other fellow prisoners escaped a Soviet labor camp in Yakutsk--a camp where enduring hunger; cold; untended wounds; untreated illnesses; and avoiding daily executions were everyday feats. Their march--over thousands of miles by foot--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. While the original book sold hundreds of thousands of copies; this updated paperback version includes a new Afterword by the author; as well as the author's Foreword to the Polish book. Written in a hauntingly detailed; no holds barred way; the new edition of The Long Walk is destined to outrank its classic status and guaranteed to forever stay in the reader's mind.