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Author: Thomas R Hargrove
ISBN No: 1-58544-632-7
Review date: 07/06/2026
No of pages: 336
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Year of publication: 11/09/2012
Brief:
Dr Tom Hargrove, a Texan farming researcher, kidnapped by FARC guerrillas in Colombia in 1994, was ransomed after 11 months.
Hollywood made a film, Proof of Life – as the book cover shows, Hargrove held a newspaper to prove he was alive – after the paper came out, at least. This book is his (secret) diary of his captivity, filth, rats, boredom and all. Two Britons, ex-policeman, ex-military intelligence officer, helped the ransom negotiations. Itโs a gruelling read with a happy ending, and security managers may want to use it to back up safer corporate travel messages.
