River of No Reprieve: Descending Siberia's Waterway of Exile, Death, and Destiny

Describes the author's perilous 2,400-mile journey down the Lena River, from Lake Baikal above the Arctic Circle through the heart of Siberia, re-creating an odyssey first made by the Cossacks more than three centuries earlier, and details his close encounters with the region's primeval beauty, Cossack villages, Soviet outposts, ruined gulags, and a surly guide. Reprint.

Author: Jeffrey Tayler

Publisher: Mariner Books

Publication Date: September 13, 2007

Number of Pages: 256 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0618919848

ISBN-13: 9780618919840