Cover of Over the Edge: The True Story of Four American Climbers' Kidnap and Escape in the Mountains of Central Asia

Over the Edge: The True Story of Four American Climbers' Kidnap and Escape in the Mountains of Central Asia

by Greg Child · 2002

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Four American mountain climbers kidnapped by Islamic terrorists in the mountains of Central Asia in August 2000 share their nightmarish ordeal: how they were marched at gunpoint for six days and how they were forced to choose between saving their own lives and committing an act none of them thought they could ever commit.

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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisUzbekistanUzbekistanMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 304 pages

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