The Ice Road
Praise
“It is truly an extraordinary book.”
— Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag
“A thrilling adventure, all the more remarkable for being true.”
— Norman Davies, leading historian and author
"A remarkable tale."
— Library Journal
“Within the first paragraphs of The Ice Road I knew I would be captivated… surprisingly fresh, detailed and intimate.”
— The Sunday Times, London
“People don’t have stories like his to tell any more.”
— Literary Review
"An extraordinary memoir...testament to the resiliency of the human spirit...textured with fascinating personalities and subplots. "
— Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“A real eye-opener…surprisingly unsentimental.”
— The News-Herald (Ohio)
"His masterful recounting spares nothing except self-pity."
— World War II Magazine
"A remarkable book...a story you've never heard and would barely believe if history wasn't there to tell you it was true."
— Polandian
"A compelling story."
— Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"The author [who] came from a well-to-do, assimilated Jewish family....was among those deported into the interior of the USSR [and] provides details of the grueling life there. This work has many aids for the reader who is not familiar with the events described here."
— Jews & Poles Database
