{"product_id":"the-great-escape-a-true-story-of-forced-labor-and-immigrant-dreams-in-america-paperback","title":"The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSaket Soni\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor--an \"eye-opening\" \"must-read\" told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). ​\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In late 2006, Saket Soni, a twenty-eight-year-old Indian-born community organizer, received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker in Mississippi. He was one of five hundred men trapped in squalid Gulf Coast \"man camps,\" surrounded by barbed wire, watched by guards, crammed into cold trailers with putrid toilets, forced to eat moldy bread and frozen rice. Recruiters had promised them good jobs and green cards. The men had scraped up $20,000 each for this \"opportunity\" to rebuild hurricane-wrecked oil rigs, leaving their families in impossible debt. During a series of clandestine meetings, Soni and the workers devised a bold plan. In \u003ci\u003eThe Great Escape, \u003c\/i\u003e Soni traces the workers' extraordinary escape, their march on foot to Washington, DC, and their twenty-three-day hunger strike to bring attention to their cause. Along the way, ICE agents try to deport the men, company officials work to discredit them, and politicians avert their eyes. But none of this shakes the workers' determination to win their dignity and keep their promises to their families. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Weaving a deeply personal journey with a riveting tale of twenty-first-century forced labor, Soni takes us into the lives of the immigrant workers the United States increasingly relies on to rebuild after climate disasters. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Escape \u003c\/i\u003eis the gripping story of one of the largest human trafficking cases in modern American history--and the workers' heroic journey for justice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaket Soni\u003c\/b\u003e is labor organizer and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the founder and director of Resilience Force, a national nonprofit that advocates for the rising workforce that rebuilds after climate disasters. He was profiled as an \"architect of the next labor movement\" in \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e and named one of \u003ci\u003eFast Company's\u003c\/i\u003e Most Creative People in Business for 2022. His work was the subject of a major New Yorker feature story He has testified before Congress and at the United Nations. Originally from New Delhi, Saket lives in Washington, DC. Follow him on Twitter @saket_soni \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764857012512,"sku":"9781643755755","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fd2b48319ae1769915545b3a048ae0b1.webp?v=1780256596","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-great-escape-a-true-story-of-forced-labor-and-immigrant-dreams-in-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}