Out of Captivity: Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle
- ISBN-10
- 0061769525
- ISBN-13
- 9780061769528
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 457
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-02-24
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Authors
- Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes, Keith Stansell
Description
Describes how the plane carrying the three American civilian contractors crash-landed in Colombia, their capture by the FARC, the five years that they spent as hostages of the guerrilla group, and their eventual rescue.
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