Four Miles to Freedom - Softcover

Faith Johnston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8184007213 ISBN 13: 9788184007213

Publisher: Random House/Vintage Books

Synopsis

When Flight Lieutenant Dilip Parulkar was shot down over Pakistan on 10 December 1971, he quickly turned that catastrophe into the greatest adventure of his life. On 13 August 1972 Parulkar, along with Malvinder Singh Grewal and Harish Sinhji, escaped from a POW camp in Rawalpindi. Four Miles To Freedom is their story. Based on interviews and other sources, Four Miles ... is the moving, sometimes amusing, account of how twelve fighter pilots from different ranks and backgrounds coped with food deprivation, forced intimacy, and the pervasive uncertainty of a year in captivity, and how they came together to support Parulkar s courageous escape.
Tells the tale of Flight Lieutenant Dilip Parulkar and his escape from a Pakistani POW camp

Contains interviews with the fighter pilots who helped him escape and photographs of the courageous soldiers

About this title

About the Author:

Faith Johnston is a Canadian writer and former teacher. Her biography of one of Canada s first women parliamentarians, A Great Restlessness, was shortlisted for six awards and won five. Four Miles to Freedom is her third book.

Review:

The escape is a saga of bravery and determination --Kuldip Nayar

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House/Vintage Books
• ISBN 10: 8184007213
• ISBN 13: 9788184007213
• Binding: Paperback