Long March to Freedom: Tom Hargrove's Own Story of His Kidnapping by Colombian Narco-Guerrillas Contributor(s): Hargrove, Thomas R. (Author), Sklar, Alan (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1470892170 ISBN-13: 9781470892173 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
Dewey: B |
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Publisher Description: Thomas Hargrove's Long March to Freedom, a record of his eleven months as a hostage of Colombian guerrillas, was the basis for the hit movie Proof of Life that starred Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, and David Morse. While the movie invented a fictitious romantic angle, Long March to Freedom is the actual journal Hargrove kept in captivity. The listener gets a sense of the tension and intense emotions caused by bouts of monotony broken by sudden brutality, as well as the strength, wit, and personality through which Hargrove kept himself alive. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hargrove, Thomas R.: - Thomas R. Hargrove was raised on a farm in Texas. He received degrees in agricultural science and journalism from Texas A&M University and a MS degree from Iowa State University. After serving in the US Army in Vietnam, he worked with agencies involved in crop improvement for third-world countries, first in Asia then in Latin America. In 1994, he was on his way to work near Palmira, Colombia, when abducted. Sklar, Alan: -Alan Sklar, a graduate of Dartmouth, has excelled in his career as a freelance voice actor. He began narrating audiobooks in 1996, winning seven AudioFile Earphones Awards and earning several "Best Voice" awards. He has also worked as a stage actor and as a promo announcer at WPIX-TV in New York City. His dream is to be an opera singer, a role for which he hones his bass-baritone operatic skills in the upstairs shower of his home. |