Long March to Freedom
Tom Hargrove’s Own Story of His Kidnapping by Colombian Narco-Guerrillas

I'm biased, because I'm Tom Hargrove's nephew. But this book is a harrowing day-by-day account of the tedium and terror of being an unwilling guest of the FARC. I first encountered its pages in the form of tiny strips of paper smelling of smoke, full of words written in cramped spanish by firelight.......more

Long March To Freedom provides the details behind Tom Hargrove's true-life experience as a hostage after being kidnapped by Colombian narco-guerrillas. The author kept notes on random scraps of paper which he finally had to smuggle out of Colombia so that he could accurately share the painful detail......more

The book was a direct transcription of the diary Hargrove kept while held captive for ransom. It would have been more interesting if penned in a more dramatic format. A chapter on his movements, the food, the weather, his health, etc. but still a good read.......more

This was written in the early 1990s when a romantic notion of Colombia's FARC guerrillas still permeated some sectors of the West. This is Hargrove's journal that he smuggled on tiny pieces of paper out of the jungle when he was rescued. Don't know if it was a coincidence that the romanticism about......more

After hearing Tom speak at the Air Force Dynamics of International Terrorism course, I was moved to purchase his book. Glad I did. Interesting tale and well presented. Makes you think about the difficulties that others have endured.......more