| Tunnel to Canto Grande Contributor(s): Alegrķa, Claribel (Author), Flakoll, Darwin J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1880684349 ISBN-13: 9781880684344 Publisher: Curbstone Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1996 Annotation: Tunnel to Canto Grande tells the dramatic story of how the Peruvian Tupac Amuru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) tunneled into an "escape proof" penitentiary, Canto Grande, to free forty-eight political prisoners on July 9, 1990. The prisoners escaped through the tunnel without a single casualty and eluded the authorities. Because of their world-wide reputation as writers of testimony, the authors, Alegria and Flakoll, were invited by MRTA leaders to write the exclusive story of the escape. At no small risk to their own safety, they spent a week in the most hunted-for safehouse in Lima, Peru, interviewing the participants in the project and the escapees. The resulting narrative is filled with suspense, drama and humor. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - South America - Social Science | Penology |
| Dewey: 365.641 |
| LCCN: 95037983 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.49" W x 8.48" (0.55 lbs) 148 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tunnel to Canto Grande tells the dramatic story of how the Peruvian Tupac Amuru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) tunneled into an "escape-proof" penitentiary, Canto Grande, to free forty-eight political prisoners on July 9, 1990. The prisoners escaped through the tunnel without a single casualty and eluded the authorities. Because of their world-wide reputation as writers of testimony, the authors, Alegr a and Flakoll, were invited by MRTA leaders to write the exclusive story of the escape. At no small risk to their own safety, they spent a week in the most hunted for safe house in Lima, Peru, interviewing the participants in the project and the escapees. The resulting narrative is filled with suspense, drama, and humor. |