The Great Escape: Background and Memoirs of the Liberian Civil War [Paperback]

Dorothy Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 5, 2007

Dorothy D. Johnson’s The Great Escape: Background and Memoirs of the Liberian Civil War is an intriguing account of the years of deteriorating living conditions and political stalemate that gave rise to the Liberian Civil War.

It reveals a woman and her family’s plight and struggle for survival amidst shooting, bombing and the mental and physical torture carried out by gun toting and drug-addicted rebels.

The memoirs unfold the daily encounters and struggles in the bushes, village and church.

It also shows the author’s deep faith in the Lord coupled with her perseverance and resilience in the face of discouragement, as she and her family trudged along slowly to safety and eventually into freedom.

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About the Author

Dorothy D. Johnson graduated from the Georgetown University, Washington D.C. in 1982 with a Master of Arts in Demography/Population Statistics. She has worked several years in the Population Division of the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, Liberia, as Senior Research Officer and Project Coordinator of the Liberian Demographic and Health Survey. She also worked for the UNFPA as Programme Officer. She currently resides in Massachusetts with her family.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (December 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595472885
• ISBN-13: 978-0595472888
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,863,238 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An inside look to the atrocities that took place in Liberia!, January 24, 2008

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This review is from: The Great Escape: Background and Memoirs of the Liberian Civil War (Paperback)

This book was wonderfully written and really helped me to better understand the horrible, terrifying, inhumane conditions that the people of Liberia (as well as other countries in Africa) have been dealing with over the past decades. I found my heart racing at certain points, and what made it 10x worse was that it is based on *real* events, it's not fiction! I didn't know too much about the civil wars in Africa until I read this and I will be researching some more books to continue my quest for understanding and perhaps finding more solutions to help make Africa the proud nation it is meant to be! Thank you to Dorothy Johnson for taking the time to put her thoughts onto paper and sharing her faith in God with the world!

5.0 out of 5 stars The Great Escape, January 20, 2008

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This review is from: The Great Escape: Background and Memoirs of the Liberian Civil War (Paperback)

The Great Escape: Background and Memoirs of the Liberian Civil War well written documentary...allows the reader to feel as if s/he is seeing the events first hand.