Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Escape from Camp 14

One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

By
Blaine Harden
Blaine Harden
2012 • 205 pages

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