The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz is back in print ( Lyons isbn 1558216847.) First published in 1956, this is the true story of his 1941 escape from a Siberian camp with 4 others ;equipped with only a homemade knife and axe head, walking 4000 miles in a year to freedom in India. They crossed the tundra, rivers, Gobi desert and Himalayas to freedom. This is a must read!