{"product_id":"into-siberia-george-kennans-epic-journey-through-the-brutal-frozen-heart-of-russia-hardcover","title":"Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregory J. Wallance\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In Wallance's bracing narrative, Kennan emerges as a cheerful, deeply decent companion, an uncompromising observer whose greatest strength was his ability to change his mind. He's a welcome change from the callous imperialists who people most Victorian travelogues, and his humanity allows \u003ci\u003eInto Siberia\u003c\/i\u003e to delve into horror without succumbing to despair.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a book that ranks with the greatest adventure stories, Gregory Wallance's \u003ci\u003eInto Siberia \u003c\/i\u003eis a thrilling work of history about one man's harrowing journey and the light it shone on some of history's most heinous human rights abuses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Russia. All that changed when George Kennan went to Siberia in 1885 to investigate the exile system and his eyes were opened to the brutality Russia was wielding to suppress dissent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over ten months Kennan traveled eight thousand miles, mostly in horse-drawn carriages, sleighs or on horseback. He endured suffocating sandstorms in the summer and blizzards in the winter. His interviews with convicts and political exiles revealed how Russia ran on the fuel of inflicted pain and fear. Prisoners in the mines were chained day and night to their wheelbarrows as punishment. Babies in exile parties froze to death in their mothers' arms. Kennan came to call the exiles' experience in Siberia a \"perfect hell of misery.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After returning to the United States, Kennan set out to generate public outrage over the plight of the exiles, writing the renowned \u003ci\u003eSiberia and the Exile System\u003c\/i\u003e. He then went on a nine-year lecture tour to describe the suffering of the Siberian exiles, intensifying the newly emerging diplomatic conflicts between the two countries which last to this day.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGREGORY WALLANCE\u003c\/b\u003e is a lawyer and writer in New York City. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePapa's Game\u003c\/i\u003e, about the theft of the French Connection heroin, which received a nonfiction nomination for an Edgar Allan Poe Award; \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Soul in the Balance, The Woman Who Fought an Empire, \u003c\/i\u003eand the historical novel\u003ci\u003e Two Men Before the Storm\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written op eds for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, USA Today, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, has appeared as a commentator on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, C-SPAN, and \u003ci\u003eThe Today Show\u003c\/i\u003e, and is currently a Contributor for \u003ci\u003eThe Hill.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 9.13 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53734065471852,"sku":"9781250280053","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/3019\/6844\/files\/76fedd5e4f4074d67ae9a772109d7688.webp?v=1778349974","url":"https:\/\/pattansenterprise.com\/products\/into-siberia-george-kennans-epic-journey-through-the-brutal-frozen-heart-of-russia-hardcover","provider":"Pattansenterprise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}