The Long March Home: (Inspired by True Stories of the Bataan Death March)

"[A] tour de force."--Publishers Weekly starred review"A great read."--Library Journal starred review"A must-read literary triumph."--Booklist starred review***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.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. 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.What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive.Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope.***"Remarkable."--Mark Sullivan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky"Packed with tension."--Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of?Before We Were Yours"Such real characters."--Rhys Bowen, New York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook"Riveting."--Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gray Man series"Utterly compelling."--Susan Meissner, USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things"Simply magnificent."--Don Bentley, New York Times bestselling author of Hostile Intent"Dazzling."--Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire"A tremendous story."--Andrew Kaplan, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Madagascar"Beautifully and faultlessly told."--Steve Martini, New York Times bestselling author of Blood Flag