'The Long Walk' has been identified as a fictional account by the BBC and others-- I enjoyed reading it very much, but, in retrospect, learning that it is largely if not entirely fictional, I have no desire to re-read it. As a historian, I can assure you that while an oral history can be very interesting, it is not generally regarded as reliably accurate. In my research, diaries or chronicles are highly prized; memoirs not so much. 'The Long Walk' is probably fabricated (no corroborating voices or documents). A good read that was written at the time of the event and has been corroborated is, 'No Picnic on Mt. Kenya'... a group of Italian POW's escape their camp in order to climb Mt. Kenya.
On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 7:15 PM J Imler <imler3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Recently I noticed the book, *The Long Walk*, in a thread with a holiday > flyer linked, or an older catalog maybe. I'm enjoying the true story. Years > ago, I was at Bike, Book, & Hatchet and Grant recommended *In the Heart > of the Sea* and a book about the Galveston hurricane. And one other I > just remembered *The Devil in the White City*. > > I've enjoyed reading most of these types of books, that involve > adventure/danger/even death, like *Into Thin Air*. > > Would anyone care to share any other novels that you'd recommend as the > darker months loom? > > Thanks! > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4f736262-709c-4fd8-b8e4-c60515385364n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4f736262-709c-4fd8-b8e4-c60515385364n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CADftY8iUUUj7FrsrLMxtuO%3DzHSrVpKdr5Ttg_6cPkUc3vWHsgg%40mail.gmail.com.
