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A Rope and a Prayer
A Kidnapping from Two Sides
Book Summary
A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and his wife share the story of his 2008 abduction by the Taliban, a seven-month imprisonment marked by jihadist fervor, shifting alliances and frantic negotiations for his release. Co-written by the author of Endgame.
This book is about:
- Hostages,
- Mulvihill, Kristen,
- Captivity, 2008-2009,
- Rohde, David,
- Personal narratives, American,
- Afghan War, 2001-,
- Journalists,
- Biography,
- Afghanistan,
- United States
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Author Interviews
Book Recounts Terror Inside And Outside Captivity
November 29, 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent David Rohde was captured by the Taliban in 2008. Seven months later, he mounted a daring escape. Now Rohde and his wife, Kristen Mulvihill, have written about their separate experiences dealing with his capture in the new book A Rope and a Prayer.
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