From The Crusades to Gulag and Beyond

By Valery G. Yankovsky

Red-bearded bandits- Tiger hunts in Manchuria- Exotic customs of the Far East- the terror of imprisonment in the infamous Gulags- find these and more in this memoir of a man who lived to tell about it all. Ranging from the Yankovsky Peninsula near Vladivostok in Russia, to Shanghai and Harbin, finally escaping to build Novina, a fabulous "Russian Camelot" in the mountains of North Korea, which was visited by Yul Brynner and his family when he was a youth. Readers of Rock Brynner's book "Empire and Odyssey" will want this big volume of true tales of danger, courage, romance and adventure. A testament to many men and women determined to survive, prosper and be free against terrible odds. Non-fiction, 336 pages with over 80 pages of vintage photographs and 3 Family Trees. (NOTE: The Download is very large; it requires a high-speed connection. Please contact me if you have any problem with it.)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615148514
• ISBN13: 9780615148519
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Lulu Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"