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Type of bind: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 940.547243 EAN num: 9781599210636 ISBN number: 1599210630 Label: The Lyons Press Manufacturer: The Lyons Press Quantity: 1 Page Count: 232 Printing Date: June 01, 2007 Publishing house: The Lyons Press Sale Popularity Level: 128868 Studio: The Lyons Press
A World War II chronicles of Jan Baalsrud's escape from Nazi-occupied arctic Norway.
Amazon.com: If this story of espionage and survival were a novel, readers might dismiss the Shackleton-like exploits of its hero as too fantastic to be taken seriously. But respected historian David Howarth confirmed the details of Jan Baalsrud's riveting tale. It begins in the spring of 1943, with Norway occupied by the Nazis and the Allies desperate to open the northern sea lanes to Russia. Baalsrud and three compatriots plan to smuggle themselves into their homeland by boat, spend the summer recruiting and training resistance fighters, and launch a surprise attack on a German air base. But he's betrayed shortly after landfall, and a quick fight leaves Baalsrud alone and trapped on a freezing island above the Arctic Circle. He's poorly clothed (one foot is entirely bare), has a head start of only a few hundred yards on his Nazi pursuers, and leaves a trail of blood as he crosses the snow. How he avoids capture and ultimately escapes--revealing that much spoils nothing in this white-knuckle narrative--is astonishing stuff. Baalsrud's feats make the travails in Jon Krakauer's Mt. Everest classic Into Thin Air look like child's play. In an introduction, Stephen Ambrose calls We Die Alone a rare reading experience: 'a book that I absolutely cannot put down until I've finished it and one that I can never forget.' This amazing book will disappoint no one. --John J. Miller
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Rated by buyers - we die alone
i have read the book but was not happy just because is almost the same as the book ( AS FAR AS MY FEET CAN CARRY ME).
some pages were exactly the same , word by word.
it look like it was a copy of the other book( as far as my feet can carry me)
i was very sorry that i bought the book and lost interest very fast.
Rated by buyers - An amazing story.
I very first read this book when I was about eleven, over thirty years later I bought it again, and the story was just as amazing to me as an adult as it was when I was a child. Jan's story has to be read to believed.
Rated by buyers - A beautiful lesson in heroism
The will of a Norwegian resistance during World War II, who injured will fight to survive in extreme conditions. What lesson of heroism! The victory at the end of suffering is a lesson of humanity. Great book.
Rated by buyers - Phenomenal, Unforgettable Book
My husband and I both read this book after seeing a History Channel documentary of this man's story. It is hard to believe that the book is a true story, though, of course, it is. This book is not only the tale of an incredibly brave man who would defied death again and again, but it is also, and of equal interest, a testament to the people of Norway and their courage during the Second World War. I am buying this book for everyone on my Christmas list this upcoming year.
Rated by buyers - Incredible story of the will to survive
I don't know if the story is greatly exaggerated or not, I have to believe it is mostly truthful. Even so, the dangers this man the people that helped him are incredible at least. I don't care, it's a great read.
- we die alone 
- An amazing story.