In November 1979 the US embassy in Tehran was seized by militants, who took the occupants hostage. Bruce Laingen, the senior American diplomat in Iran, was imprisoned for 444 days, and wrote this account on scraps of paper, smuggled out with the help of diplomats who were allowed to visit him.
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The highest-ranking American diplomat taken hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran in November, 1979, records his thoughts on his ordeal in a journal kept secretly during his captivity.
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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Seller: Blue Vase Books, Interlochen, MI, U.S.A.
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Seller: BookScene, Hull, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Brassey's Inc, 1992. Signed by Bruce Laingen on blank page with Presentation notation, with date + place. First Edition. 1st Printing. 305 pages. Firm copy. Light general wear. A small rip at the upper left corner on the rear side of the dust jacket. Size: 9.7 x 6.5 x 1. Signed Biography 0425. Seller Inventory # 135374
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 305pp. Illustrations. Near fine/fine. Tight, attractive first edition of this diary of the senior American diplomat (charge d'affaires, U.S. Embassy) seized by Iranians in 1979. Front flyleaf bears a huge inscription and signature in black fineline: "To Fred Koenecke -- / with warm / regards to a fellow / Ole -- / Bruce Laingen / U. of Dubuque / October 15, 1993.". Seller Inventory # 37889