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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 13 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by the author. |
| Summary |
An American reporter's chilling account of being kidnapped and imprisoned by the Taliban, in the no-man's-land between Afghanistan and Pakistan Jere Van Dyk was on the wrong side of the border. He and three Afghan guides had crossed into the tribal areas of Pakistan, where no Westerner had ventured for years, hoping to reach the home of a local chieftain by nightfall. But then a dozen armed men in black turbans appeared over the crest of a hill. Captive is Van Dyk's searing account of his forty-five days in a Taliban prison, and it is gripping and terrifying in the tradition of the best prison literature. The main action takes place in a single room, cut off from the outside world, where Van Dyk feels he can trust nobody-not his jailers, not his guides (who he fears may have betrayed him), and certainly not the charismatic Taliban leader whose fleeting appearances carry the hope of redemption as well as the prospect of immediate, violent death. Van Dyk went to the tribal areas to investigate the challenges facing America there. His story is of a deeper, more personal challenge, an unforgettable tale of human endurance. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Van Dyk, Jere.
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Taliban.
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Journalists -- Afghanistan -- Biography.
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Prisoners -- Afghanistan -- Biography.
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Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-
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Afghan War, 2001-
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| Added Author |
Van Dyk, Jere.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781427210449 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1427210446 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11801932 |
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