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Author:
Kirkpatrick, Melanie.
Title:
Escape from North Korea : the untold story of Asia's underground railroad / Melanie Kirkpatrick.
Publisher:
Encounter Books,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
xi, 350 p. : ill., photographs ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Korea (North)--Emigration and immigration.
Refugees--Korea (North)
Refugees--Government policy--China.
Missionaries--Korea (North)
Missionaries--China.
Church work with refugees--Korea (North)
Church work with refugees--China.
Illegal aliens--China.
Repatriation--Korea (North)
Repatriation--China.
Notes:
Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-336) and index.
Contents:
"I am a man among men" -- Escape. Crossing the river -- Look for a building with a cross on it -- Defectors -- In hiding. Brides for sale -- Half-and-half children -- Siberia's last gulag -- Old soldiers -- Hunted. Hunted -- Jesus on the border -- The journey out of China -- Stockholders. Let my people go -- Be the voice -- Learning to be free. Almost safe -- Unification dumplings -- Left behind -- The future. Invading North Korea -- Conclusion: One free Korea.
Summary:
Chronicles the harrowing stories of people who have successfully escaped North Korea, via first China then Southeast Asia or Mongolia and finally to South Korea, the United States and other free countries.
ISBN:
1594036462 (ebook)
9781594036460 (ebook)
1594036330 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781594036330 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)778420247
LCCN:
2012007386
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)
SJPB094 -- Readlyn Community Library (Readlyn)
ENPC715 -- Sanborn Public Library (Sanborn)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

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