false 459255 3 <i>A Train to Potevka</i> will take you on an incredible winter's journey across Great Mother Russia along the 6,000-mile Trans-Siberian Railway. This fascinating story about an American intelligence agent from a small town in the Rockies, is a tale of failed espionage, escape, and second chances. 3183656 20 6 2006 A Train to Potevka total:1611|5:217|4:490|3:623|2:238|1:43| 1611 5433 2063 612 2 2 false false Wed Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 09 12:02:17 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 26 12:09:12 -0700 2008
- A glimpse into the Russian people, their challenges, a taste of their history, and their culture. The author of the ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 20:03:35 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 06:00:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Aug 28 11:53:36 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 12:09:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 16:23:43 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 16:24:17 -0700 2008
Another book I read recently is "A Train To Potevka" written by Mike Ramsdell, a native Utahn.

Train To PotevkaRamsdell spent many years working in Military Intelligence (MI) and with his mastery of the German and Russian languages, was involved in missions behind th...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 07:34:06 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 15:58:37 -0700 2008
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*warning: stop reading now if you don't want my views on Mormonism*

Mormons amaze me... I have a dear friend who is Mormon, and I he's quite simply the closest thing I've ever met to a saint. I mean that perfectly sincer...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jan 16 20:32:28 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 13:11:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 15:13:49 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 15:19:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 19 13:14:34 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 14:09:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 21:09:58 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 21:17:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 10:50:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 12:56:03 -0700 2009 1
Don't let the fact that this story is written by a local (that is, Utah) author with no previous books to his cre...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 21 13:02:29 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 13:14:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 15:11:41 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 15:13:47 -0700 2007 I bought this under the pretense that he's a former CIA agent who worked in the USSR, which is all true.
What I didn't bargain for was his childhood history. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT!
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