We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
by David Howarth
List Price:
Our Price: $6.99
You Save: $9.96 (59%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $4.72 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: David HowarthIntroduction: Stephen E. Ambrose
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-01
ISBN: 1599210630
Number of pages: 232
Publisher: Lyons Press
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9781599210636
- Condition: New
- Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
Summary of We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
A World War II chronicles of Jan Baalsrud's escape from Nazi-occupied arctic Norway.
We Die Alone is an astonishing true story of heroism and endurance. Like Slavomir Rawicz's The Long Walk, it is also an unforgettable portrait of the determination of the human spirit.
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
Germany Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Germany Books
Hitler 1889-1936: Hubrisby Ian Kershaw
E-Penguin; Published: 2002-10-04; Hardcover; Book
Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris Ebookby Ian Kershaw
E-Penguin; Published: 2001-12-07; Hardcover; Book
Hitler 1936-1945: Vol 2by Ian Kershaw
E-Penguin Press; Published: 2002-01-11; Hardcover; Book
The Face of the Third Reich (Pelican)by Joachim C. Fest
Penguin Books Ltd; Published: 1972; Paperback; Book
Dynamics of Nazism (Studies in Social Discontinuity)by Fred Weinstein
Academic Pr; Published: 1980-09; Hardcover; Book
Price in other shops:
Arrows of the Almighty: The Most Extraordinary True Spy Story of World War IIby Michael Bar-Zohar
Macmillan Pub Co; Published: 1985-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $39.11
Hitler: the Fuhrer and the Peopleby J.P. Stern
Fontana Press; Published: 1989; Paperback; Book
Foreign Fieldby Ben MacIntyre
Harper Collins Pb; Published: 2002-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $42.88
History of the German Jewsby Amos Elon
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; Published: 2002-10-05; Hardcover; Book
Heisenberg's War: The Secret History Of The German Bombby Thomas Powers
Da Capo Press; Published: 2000-08-11; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survivalby Joe Simpson
Harper Collins Pub; Perennial; Published: 2004-02-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.08
Price in other shops:
Assault in Norway: Sabotaging the Nazi Nuclear Programby Thomas Gallagher
Lyons Press; Published: 2010-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.31
Price in other shops:
The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventureby David Howarth
Lyons Press; Published: 2008-06-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.94
Price in other shops:
Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Seaby Steven Callahan
Mariner Books; Published: 2002-10-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.14
Price in other shops:
The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Victoryby David Howarth
Lyons Press; Published: 2008-06-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.17
Price in other shops:
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom: Movie Tie-Inby Slavomir Rawicz
Lyons Press; Published: 2010-11-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.55
Price in other shops:
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 Freedomby Josef M. Bauer
Skyhorse Publishing; Published: 2008-05-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.70
Price in other shops:
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survivalby Dean King
Back Bay Books; Published: 2005-04-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.99
Price in other shops:
The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War IIby Gregory A. Freeman
NAL Trade; Published: 2008-09-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.08
Price in other shops:
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom: Movie Tie-Inby Slavomir Rawicz
Lyons Press; Published: 2010-11-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.85
Price in other shops: