What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Good evening

I have been searching for a book for many years that I read as a child in the 80s. The book was about a boy/young man who is kept in prisoner camps, I believe in Poland during WW2 and becomes friends with a guard over a few years to try and stay alive.

Towards the end it documents him going on very long walks being escorted by the German troops ,nearly dying of the cold and starvation before the Germans ultimately surrender.

Most of the book is about POW life in different Stalags. I thought the book was called "the long way home" or " the long walk home" but have not been able to find it.

Any help is appreciated

The Long Way Home maybe?

Fiction or nonfiction?

fiction

Did you check out the suggestion @2?

Ayshe wrote: "The Long Way Home maybe?"

no sorry, thanks for that, but that is not it. Its just set in the war era

Donovan, please post a new comment if you're still looking for this book - or if you found it.

Donovan (OP) was last active on the site in August 2020. Moving to Abandoned folder.

Still definitely looking for the book, never got many answers unfortunately

Thanks for the update, Donovan. I moved your request back to the "Unsolved" folder.

Was this book written for teens or adults?

I copied some book details to topic header. Feel free to edit it.

Definitely adults, thanks for the edit, that all looks correct

Still looking. It was a book about a teenager who was stuck in one of the gulags in Poland I think.Its about all he does to survive being in the camp

Towards the end of the book they are forced to do very long marches until they finally are released to either the US troops (or russians) and their German captors then hand themselves over

From memory it was called the long walk home, or the long way home

any assistance appreciated

Have you considered contacting a specialty museum? The Holocaust museum collection might include the book or someone curating the collection might know. I am v. familiar with the literature and because so many WWII camp narratives end with forced marches and some have been retitled once or twice it will be hard to tease out which one you are trying to find.

Ian Serraillier - The Silver Sword?

Google Books preview of The Silver Sword (also called "Escape from Warsaw) by Ian Serraillier - Peter's suggestion:

https://books.google.com/books?id=Kev...
There are different cover images.

Wikipedia's plot summary - with Spoilers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sil...

no sorry thats not it, thanks though

The Long Road Home by Adrian Vincent appears to match, but it is non-fiction.

Amazon's preview (sample) of The Long Road Home: An account of the author's experiences as a prisoner-of-war in the hands of the Germans during the Second World War by Adrian Vincent - Ayshe's suggestion:

- https://www.amazon.com/Long-Road-Home...
- There are different cover images.

Ayshe wrote: "The Long Road Home by Adrian Vincent appears to match, but it is non-fiction."

Thanks Ayshe, this is looking promising, and the year it was published would match my childhood when I read it as a Teenager.

I thought It was more about a young child the book was written about (not a soldier) but I'm going to buy this book and let you know.

Many thanks again!

Kris wrote: "Amazon's preview (sample) of The Long Road Home: An account of the author's experiences as a prisoner-of-war in the hands of the Germans during the Second World War by [author:Adria..."

Thanks Kris, Im purchasing the hard copy of this , and will let you know

Thanks again!

Update!

This is the book! I followed to the amazon link on the Links that both Kris and Ayshe provided. This led me to log on to Amazon Unlimited.

I downloaded it, and it's the exact book written by Adrian Vincent first published in 1974, I would of read it in the late 80s. he was the young man, and it's his experiences of being a POW and of Stalag V11B, and then as the war finished the subsequent march to freedom.

Thanks again to Kris, Ayshe and Goodreads for your assistance with this , I have been wanting to read this book for over 30 years. I have now ordered a hardcopy version

Cheers

Donovan

Great! I am happy we were able to solve it.