The passing of the night
Subtitle: my seven years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Risner, Robinson; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
Description: The real story of what went on in the prison camps in North Vietnam, it was a nightmare that required incredible endurance to survive. He describes the days of screaming or in tears, of the monotony and despair and six weeks when he was confrontedby a torture he could not deal with.