The Ice Road
Praise

 

 

Winner of the Benjamin Franklin SILVER AWARD
for AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

 

A Selection of the HISTORY BOOK CLUB^® and the MILITARY BOOK CLUB^®

 

“It is truly an extraordinary book.”
— Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag

“A thrilling adventure, all the more remarkable for being true.”
— Norman Davies, leading historian and author

“A remarkable tale.”
— Library Journal

“Within the first paragraphs of The Ice Road I knew I would be captivated… surprisingly fresh, detailed and intimate.”
— The Sunday Times, London

“People don’t have stories like his to tell any more.”
— Literary Review

“An extraordinary memoir…testament to the resiliency of the human spirit…textured with fascinating personalities and subplots. “
— Minneapolis Star-Tribune

“A real eye-opener…surprisingly unsentimental.”
— The News-Herald (Ohio)

“His masterful recounting spares nothing except self-pity.”
— World War II Magazine

“A remarkable book…a story you’ve never heard and would barely believe if history wasn’t there to tell you it was true.”
— Polandian

 “A compelling story.”
— Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“The author [who] came from a well-to-do, assimilated Jewish family….was among those deported into the interior of the USSR [and] provides details of the grueling life there. This work has many aids for the reader who is not familiar with the events described here.”
— Jews & Poles Database

 

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