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I little slave : a prison memoir from communist Laos / Bounsang Khamkeo.
Van Pelt Library DS555.83.K45 A3 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khamkeo, Bounsang.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Khamkeo, Bounsang.
- Political prisoners.
- Laos--Politics and government--1975-.
- Laos.
- Politics and government.
- Political prisoners--Laos--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 422 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Spokane, Wash. : Eastern Washington University Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- Seized by the Laotian communists in the wake of the 1975 revolution, Bounsang Khamkeo survived more than seven years in prison under extremely harsh conditions before he was finally released during the communist thaw of the 1980s. Told with dignity and remarkable compassion, I Little Slave is the account of his ordeal.
- Contents:
- Return to Laos
- Storm in Vientiane
- Communists in power
- The Mekong committee
- The day of my arrest
- Incarcerated at Vientiane
- Imprisoned at Red Cliff
- Slave laborer at Red Cliff
- Transferred to Sop Hao number 7
- Slave laborer at Sop Hao number 7
- The prisoners force a hearing
- The people's court
- Released at last
- Dire warnings
- Farewell to Laos.
- ISBN:
- 1597660078
- OCLC:
- 61253917
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