![]() ![]() New York Times bestselling author Sara Vladic Joe Johnson’s story is truly a testament that every one of us can overcome the obstacles that we are dealt, and even thrive when the odds are against us.” Humanity and horror mix and mingle in the fray, but in the end good triumphs over evil. In particular, he writes beautifully and hauntingly about the paradoxes of war. “Marcus Brotherton has crafted a strong and respected canon of narrative nonfiction books. This account of Joe Johnson’s experiences is hard to put down. Heather Morris, #1 internationally bestselling author, ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ With impeccable research, he beautifully educates us to a time and place in history that needs to be remembered and acknowledged for the bravery and resilience of so many, under brutal circumstances. Not only has Marcus Brotherton brilliantly chronicled the life of one boy, but in doing so he has told the story of countless others. “A gripping book, storytelling at its best, with an enduring message. This lyrically written and deeply encouraging saga will remind you that every life can be lifted, forgiveness is the patron of restoration, and redemption is available to all. The boy endured years of horror as a prisoner of war, only dreaming about seeing again the girl he’d come to love. Joe and his fellow soldiers fought for four brutal months in Bataan and Corregidor, until they were forced to surrender. ![]() Yet when the Japanese attacked on December 8, 1941, their hopes of being together had to wait. Seeking freedom and adventure, he was sent to the Philippines.Īdrift in spirit, Joe became unlikely, smitten allies with a teenage girl from Manila. ran away from home at the age of 12, hopping a freight train at the height of the Great Depression. An incredible true war story of an underage soldier who experiences his first love and loss on the battlefields of Bataan and Corregidor. ![]() Steve Martini, New York Times bestselling author of ‘Blood Flag’ Andrew Kaplan, New York Times bestselling author of ‘Blue Madagascar’ Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of ‘House on Fire’ Don Bentley, New York Times bestselling author of ‘Hostile Intent’ Susan Meissner, USA Today bestselling author of ‘The Nature of Fragile Things’ Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Gray Man series Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of ‘The Venice Sketchbook’ Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of ‘Before We Were Yours’ Mark Sullivan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of ‘Beneath a Scarlet Sky’ One of the finest books of historical wartime fiction since ‘Once and Eagle’ by Anton Myrer.” But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. ![]() Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as enemy warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific Theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history. Life in the Philippines seems like paradise - until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire. Inspired by true stories, and written in tribute to those who were there, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope from two New York Times bestselling authors. ![]()
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