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'More compelling than any thriller.' --Helmut Uhlig, Tagesspiegel
'One of the wildest adventure books of our time.' --Curt Hohof, Suddeutsche Zeitung
'Bauer has given us more than a prisoner-of-war story; he has left us one of the greatest adventure stories.' --Walter Gorlitz, Die Welt
'One of the wildest adventure books of our time.' --Curt Hohof, Suddeutsche Zeitung
'Bauer has given us more than a prisoner-of-war story; he has left us one of the greatest adventure stories.' --Walter Gorlitz, Die Welt
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The true story of a German soldier's escape from a Siberian prison camp following World War II, and his struggle for survival during an 8000-mile journey to freedom across some of the most treacherous and inhospitable conditions on earth.
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a truely gripping book. Describing the sheer hell that was the Gulag in Eastern Kamchatka, Forel realises that NOT to escape was a death sentence - he was being slowly poisoned by the lead mine he was working, living and sleeping in.
His story of his long trek to freedom is a gripping tale of human resolve, and is also a terrible tale of man's inhumanity to man.
Highly recommended - and very humbling to read.
His story of his long trek to freedom is a gripping tale of human resolve, and is also a terrible tale of man's inhumanity to man.
Highly recommended - and very humbling to read.
73 of 75 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You will not be able to put this book down! It is completely absorbing, at times you feel unbelievable, will make you cry and will make you smile.
The story of a man taking 3 years to escape a siberian labour camp is just incredible. Some of the people he meets along the journey gives you faith in the human race and some sadly turns you the other way. However, it is a great read and the only bit that lets it down, is that at the end you do not get to find out how he integrated back into German society (but then that's not what the story is about!). Recommended.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A humbling and gripping piece of writing. I think "Booker" might best set to one side his 21st century cynicism about the likely veracity of Forell's story. It was plausible enough for West German TV to have turned it into a major mini series in the 1950's (and it was re-made into a feature film recently too.) Forell himself died in the 1980's in anonymity, and if you will read his story it is not hard to see why he might have withdrawn from public life after three years of desperate survival in the wilderness. Having read inummerable tales of people in dire straights in concentration camps or on expeditions or escaping from captivity, this remains the most inspiring tale of all.
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AN INTERESTING READ
I found this book very interesting. It was extraordinary to read of the terrible conditions suffered in the lead mine and the amazing endurance that enabled Forell to survive the... Read more
Published 23 days ago by Nieves
brilliant book
it really is a great book of adventure, human kindness,resourcefulness, and stamina. i'd recommend to anyone with a unquenchable thirst for wilderness and hope.
Published 2 months ago by J.Mounsey.Kidd
As Far As A Lie Will Stretch....
As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me is a true account of one man's epic escape from a Siberian lead mine. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Cheese and Whine
J.M. Bauer - As Far as my Feet will Carry Me - "the story of a man...
"Here is a most outstanding book. It is the story of a man, a German Paratroop Officer who was captured, wounded in Russia, and at the war's end was sentenced to twenty-five years... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Hereward
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me
If you don't read anything else over Christmas, make sure you read this. If you didn't catch the film of the book - So Weit Die Fusse Tragen - on TV - you missed an exceptional... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mike
as far as my feet will carry me
ok,exciting,sad,tense,but the ending lacked something.One hell of a journey with twists and turns but the ending could have been more!!
Published 9 months ago by MATTHEW C TAYLOR
amazing escape
There are many books relating escapes by Allied prisoners from German captivity during WW2 but very few relating escapes by Germans. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Bryan Odriscoll
As far as my feet will carry me
During the Russian campaign many Germans were captured by the Russians between 1941 and 1945 and many were imprisoned in camps in Siberia. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. D. Rowland
How to bum your way to escape.
I found this escape from a Siberian lead mine a frustrating read. As a previous member of the military myself, I know that in any Army an Officer must be decisive, he cannot umm... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Spikespearman
Bleak and brilliant!
Wow! Have just finished book last night. It has given me quite an insight into all the non-British stuff post war. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Khumbu 8000
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