472 days captive of the Abu Sayyaf : the survival of Australian Warren Rodwell / Bob East.

Includes index.

December 2011: capture and proof of being alive -- January/February 2012: departing Basilan -- March/June 8, 2012: Bongao Island -- June/July/August 2012: return to Basilan -- September/October/Novermber 2012: return to Tawi-Tawi -- December 2012/January 2013: trusting no one -- Februray/March 2013 -- March 2013: Freedom.

In December 2011, the Australian world traveller, ex-member of the Australian Regular Army and university teacher Warren Richard Rodwell was kidnapped for ransom in the Mindanao region of the southern Philippines by a group of criminals claiming to be members of the notorious terrorist/insurgent organisation the Abu Sayyaf Group. This particular group had loose ties with other insurgent groups that were indulging in similar criminal activity in the greater Sulu Archipelago area including the Zamboanga peninsular -- where Rodwell was abducted. Rodwell was kept prisoner for a total of 472 days making him the longest held Australian captive outside of official Prisoners-of-War (POWs). His tale of survival is made all the more remarkable considering he endured an untreated gunshot wound and an almost starvation diet -- losing over one third of his body weight -- and was forced to walk and climb in oppressive heat and under constant threat of being beheaded. --Provided by publisher.