Harden, Blaine.

Escape from Camp 14 : one man's remarkable odyssey from North Korea to freedom in the West / Escape from Camp Fourteen. Blaine Harden. - New York : Viking, c2012. - xvi, 205 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Never heard the word "love" -- The boy who ate his mother's lunch -- School days -- The upper crust -- Mother tries to escape -- Mother tries to escape, version two -- This son of a bitch won't do -- The sun shines even on mouse holes -- Avoiding mother's eyes -- Reactionary son of a bitch -- Working man -- Napping on the farm -- Sewing and snitching -- Deciding not to snitch -- Preparing to run -- The fence -- Stealing -- Riding north -- The border -- China -- Asylum -- K'uredit k'adus -- South Koreans are not so interested -- U.S.A.

Twenty-six years ago, Shin Dong-hyuk was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political prisons in the mountains of North Korea. This is the gripping, terrifying story of his escape from this no-exit prison-- to freedom in South Korea.

ISBN: 9780670023325 0670023329

LCCN: 2011037555

Subjects--Personal Names:
Shin, Dong-hyuk.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Political prisoners--Korea (North)--Biography.
Concentration camps--Korea (North)
Forced labor--Korea (North)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Korea (North)--Social conditions.

Dewey Class. No.: 365/.45092 B