At Your Own Risk: An American Chronicle of Crisis and Capitivity in the Middle East - Hardcover

Sutherland, Tom; Sutherland, Jean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555912559 ISBN 13: 9781555912550

Publisher: Fulcrum Inc.,US, 1996

Synopsis

More than a hostage story, this is a rare portrait of the Middle East that transcends the Sutherlands' personal struggle to place a turbulent decade in the Middle East in perspective.

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From the Publisher:

A riveting and inspirational story!
In 1983, Tom Sutherland, a professor at Colorado State University, accepted the position of Dean of Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Two years later, he was kidnapped by gunmen from the Islamic Jihad. Tom spent nearly more than six years in captivity--the second longest period of any western hostage in Lebanon.

At Your Own Risk is the passionate chronicle of Tom and his wife Jean's remarkable experience in Lebanon before, during, and after the hostage years. Tom's story of captivity alternates with Jean's, who stayed in Beirut teaching and working for Tom's release. More than a hostage story, At Your Own Risk is a rare portrait of the Middle East that transcends the Sutherland's personal struggle to place a turbulent decade in the Middle East in perspective. This book reveals the love, commitment, and hope of a special couple whose faith in the future never wavered.

About the Author:

Tom Sutherland is professor emeritus at Colorado State University and a professional speaker with the Washington Speakers Bureau. Jean Sutherland, currently on leave as a professor of English, has resumed her research and writing in the field of Renaissance literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fulcrum Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1555912559
• ISBN 13: 9781555912550
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448