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ISBN-101541788842

ISBN-139781541788848

eBay Product ID (ePID)9050395371

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Book TitleTunnel 29 : the True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2021

TopicEurope / Germany, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Modern / 20th Century

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorHelena Merriman

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight19.1 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-936581

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"A fascinating account of a daring escape from a repressive regime as well as a vivid portrait of life in Berlin in the early days of the wall--and of the international impact of events in that city. Merriman effectively maintains the pace and suspense, giving readers a novelistic narrative with a solid foundation of fact. An entertaining real-life Cold War thriller following a group of students who escaped under 'the Wall of all walls.'" -- Kirkus Reviews, "'Tunnel 29', by Helena Merriman, a British journalist and broadcaster, began as a popular podcast, aired by the BBC in 2019 to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the wall. Happily, the written account is no less captivating....Ms Merriman weaves these strands together skilfully, offering enough context to explain her characters' actions without distracting from their adventures.... Ms Merriman's well-crafted book does justice to the extraordinary bravery of her characters."-- The Economist

Dewey Decimal943/.1550875

SynopsisA "riveting" ( Wall Street Journal ) book tells the unbelievable true story of an escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall--the people who built it, the spy who betrayed it, and the media event it inspired. In September 1961, at the height of the Cold War, 22-year-old Joachim Rudolph escaped from East Germany, one of the world's most brutal regimes. He'd risked everything to do it. Then, a few months later, working with a group of students, he picked up a spade... and tunneled back in. The goal was to tunnel into the East to help people escape. They spend months digging, hauling up carts of dirt in a tunnel ventilated by stove pipes. But the odds are against them: a Stasi agent infiltrates their group and on their first attempt, and dozens of escapees and some of the diggers are arrested and imprisoned. Despite the risk of prison and death, a month later, Joachim and the other try again and hit more bad luck: the tunnel springs a leak. After several attempts, run-ins with a spy and secret police, and some unlikely financial aid from an American TV network, they finally break through into the East, and free 29 people. This is the story of their great escape, the NBC documentary crew that filmed it, and the U.S. government's attempts to block the film from ever seeing the light of day. But more than anything, this is the story of what people will do to be free.

LC Classification NumberDD900.M47 2021