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"A story of one man and his seven companions escaping a Russian work prison and walking to freedom. The book covers their trek of over 3000 miles to India. This book is epic in scope even though it's only 240 pages long. "
Anthony Harris, Resident Scholar
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"This story was written by one man who with six other prisoners escaped from a Soviet prison camp in Siberia. They walked thousands of miles to escape through harsh wasteland. Half the group perished."
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"The trek from Moscow to the upper India border lasted over eighteen months. Slav and his fellow escapees went through torturous degrees of human degradation. Through help and friendship, the men come together and make it out of the Russian prison camp to freedom. Over three thousand miles and harsh conditions made the going very tough.
These men crossed the Gobi dessert and the Himalayan Mountains and survived the frigid temperatures of the Siberian wilderness. Lice were a major problem to the men. Language barriers in Mongolia and Tibet were cumbersome. Slav and his companions had to rely on the kindness of strangers to provide them with a roof and food sometimes.
In the desert land of the Gobi, they went up to twelve days without drinking water, when they finally found liquid to drink, it was muddy and rancid, giving the men diarrhea. The men were toughened by the amount of grief they went through. "
Sharla, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Exploring/Searching...
- desert
Outdoors story
Yes
Exploring:
- trying to get home
- surviving in outdoors
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- Eastern European
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 ()
Europe
Yes
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Russia
- India
- China
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- climbing on trails
- falling off
Desert?
Yes
Desert:
- dying of thirst, sunburn
Misc setting
- prison
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- justice system
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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