To Russia and Beyond Author:Steven Peterson To Russia and Beyond is the story of a boy of six years old and his family being forcibly removed from their home in northern Poland by Russian soldiers. Transported in cattle trucks; their six week journey during winter to Siberia was perilous. Their exile then took them to Soviet Russia where they were forced into manual labour enduring furthe... more »r hardships. The author takes the reader through the boy s childhood, detailing the immense suffering, deep sadness and above all cruelty which he experienced. Told with a sense of humour and acceptance of what life has thrown at him, it takes the reader through a whole gamut of emotions, woven in and relating to the Second World War. The boy turns into adult and his adventures take him travelling around the world in the army before finally settling in England.« less