Gonsalves, Marc

Out of captivity : surviving 1,967 days in the Colombian jungle / Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell and Tom Howes with Gary Brozek. - New York : William Morrow, 2009. - xx, 457 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Selected FARC guerrillas 2003-2008 -- A place to crash -- Choices and challenges -- Changes in altitude -- Quien sabe? -- The transition -- Settling in -- Proof of life -- Caribe -- Broken bones and broken bonds -- Ruin and recovery -- Getting healthy -- Dead -- Running on empty -- Reunited -- The swamp -- Politics and pawns -- Fat Camp -- Freedom -- Homecoming.

In "Out of Captivity," Gonsalves, Stansell, and Howes recount for the first time their amazing tale of survival, friendship, and, ultimately, rescue, tracing their five and a half years as hostages of the FARC--a Colombian terrorist and Marxist rebel organization.

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Gonsalves, Marc--Captivity, 2003-2008.
Howes, Tom--Captivity, 2003-2008.
Stansell, Keith--Captivity, 2003-2008.


Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia.


Hostages--Colombia--21st century--Biography.
War--Protection of civilians--Colombia.


United States--Foreign relations--Colombia.
Colombia--Foreign relations--United States.

105 F 2279.22 / G641O 2009

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