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Long March to Freedom
Thomas R. Hargrove
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Description for Long March to Freedom
Paperback. Tom Hargrove, communications director in Cali, Colombia, was forced at gunpoint into a vehicle and driven into the mountains by communist narco-terrorists who believed he was a valuable hostage. For almost a year, he was held by them. This work chronicles his spirited determination to hang onto life and faith amid nearly impossible circumstances. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
Running late for work one morning in September 1994, Tom Hargrove, communications director for an international agricultural aid organization in Cali, Colombia, was mildly annoyed when he spotted a roadblock, or reten, manned by soldiers in fatigues. He chafed at the delay, but told himself that guerrillas and kidnappers didn't operate on a main highway in broad daylight. But Hargrove had been dreadfully mistaken. Despite his assertions that he worked for a non-profit agricultural agency, he was forced at gunpoint into a vehicle and driven into the mountains by communist narco-terrorists who believed he was a valuable hostage. For almost ... Read more
Running late for work one morning in September 1994, Tom Hargrove, communications director for an international agricultural aid organization in Cali, Colombia, was mildly annoyed when he spotted a roadblock, or reten, manned by soldiers in fatigues. He chafed at the delay, but told himself that guerrillas and kidnappers didn't operate on a main highway in broad daylight. But Hargrove had been dreadfully mistaken. Despite his assertions that he worked for a non-profit agricultural agency, he was forced at gunpoint into a vehicle and driven into the mountains by communist narco-terrorists who believed he was a valuable hostage. For almost ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781585446322
SKU
V9781585446322
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About Thomas R. Hargrove
THOMAS R. HARGROVE lectures on his experiences for private security firms, insurers, antiterrorism and law enforcement agencies, the military, and speaks for business, professional, and civic groups. His story has been featured on 60 Minutes, 20/20, the Discovery Channel, the BBC, and in Vanity Fair. Hargrove is also the author of A Dragon Lives Forever: War and Rice in Vietnam's ... Read more
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