Alexander Dolgun's Story : An American in the Gulag
by Dolgun, Alexander; Watson, Patrick
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1975. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "It began without warning December day in 1948, on a Moscow street. Alex Dolgun is 22, a young American more interested in his girl, in sports, he was born in New York and today he is on his way to meet a friend for lunch. He is hailed by a stranger-a Secret Police operative. The American Embassy, where Alex works in a routine job, is only two blocks away, he stops to talk, within seconds he is a prisoner of the Soviets and imprisoned for 24 years. His descriptions of life in .370 pages. Prev. owners name and date on top corner of second page. Dust jacket top & bottom of spine and 4 outside corner tips are rubbed. A 1/4" closed tear on rear cover bottom edge. Front cover top right corner has a 1/4" closed tear..
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- Alexander Dolgun's Story : An American in the Gulag
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- Dolgun, Alexander; Watson, Patrick
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- Hardcover
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- New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1975
- Keywords
- POLITICAL PRISONERS SOVIET UNION HISTORY COLLECTIBLE HARDCOVER WAR & MILITARISM POW MEMOIRS MILITARY PRISON GULAG TRUE STORY BIOGRAPHIES AUTOBIOGRAPHY AMERICAN RUSSIA 0394494970
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