Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle

Author:   Mark Gonsalves ,  Keith Stansell ,  Mark Deakins ,  Gary Brozek
Publisher:   Findaway World
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9781615455744


Publication Date:   01 June 2009
Format:   Mixed media product
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Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle


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On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American civilian contractorsMarc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, and Tom Howescrash-landed in the mountainous jungle of Colombia. Dazed and shaken, they emerged from the plane bloodied and injured as gunfire rained down around them. As of that moment they were prisoners of the FARC, a Colombian terrorist and Marxist rebel organization. In an instant they had become American captives in Colombia's volatile and ongoing conflict, which has lasted for almost fifty years.In Out of Captivity, Gonsalves, Stansell, and Howes recount for the first time their amazing tale of survival, friendship, and, ultimately, rescue, tracing their five and a half years as hostages of the FARC. Their story takes you inside one of the world's most notorious terrorist organizations, going behind enemy lines with vivid and haunting imagery. Their words conjure a reality that few people have ever encounteredfrom sleeping on beds literally carved out of the jungle to escaping Colombian military air strikes under the cover of darkness to being bound with steel chains by their captors. Describing backbreaking starvation marches and forced isolation, the authors chronicle their confrontations and interactions with the FARC guerrilla soldiersa motley crew of brainwashed, idealistic teenagers and seasoned vet-erans who've been around long enough to realize that the only way out of the FARC is in a body bag.Though the physical punishments their bodies endured were unrelenting, the psychological battles they waged were the ultimate test of their resolve. With candid detail, Gonsalves, Stansell, and Howes relate the perilous mental struggles they each experienced, as they grappled with feelings of guilt, fear, and anxiety for the families and lives they'd left behind. Exposin

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Author:   Mark Gonsalves ,  Keith Stansell ,  Mark Deakins ,  Gary Brozek
Publisher:   Findaway World
Imprint:   Findaway World
Dimensions:   Width: 11.70cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.181kg
ISBN:  

9781615455744


ISBN 10:   1615455744
Publication Date:   01 June 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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