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A bright and blinding sun : a World War II story of survival, love, and redemption / Marcus Brotherton.
"Joe Johnson Jr. ran away from home at the age of 12, hopping a freight train at the height of the Great Depression. He managed to talk his way into the U.S. Army two years later. Seeking freedom and adventure, he was sent to the Philippines. Adrift in spirit, Joe visited a teenage prostitute, and they became unlikely, smitten allies. Yet when the Japanese attacked on December 8, 1941, their hopes of being together had to wait. Joe and his fellow soldiers fought for four brutal months in Bataan and Corregidor, until they were forced to surrender. The boy endured years of horror as a prisoner of war, only dreaming about seeing again the girl he'd come to love."-- Amazon description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316318914
- ISBN: 0316318914
- Physical Description: viii, 305 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Little Brown & Co, [2022].
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-305) |
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| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 6 of 6 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Cass County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Library-Garden City | 940.547 BRO 2022 (Text) | 0002205371657 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
A Bright and Blinding Sun : A World War II Story of Survival, Love, and Redemption
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Table of Contents
A Bright and Blinding Sun : A World War II Story of Survival, Love, and Redemption
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Map | p. ix | |
| Part I | ||
| 1 | Little Bird Walking | p. 7 |
| 2 | Last Days of Boyhood | p. 15 |
| 3 | Where Sea and Sky Meet | p. 28 |
| 4 | Lost Babes in the Woods | p. 43 |
| 5 | The Girl Named Perpetua | p. 57 |
| 6 | She'll Make You a Star | p. 72 |
| Part II | ||
| 7 | Horizon of Hurt | p. 93 |
| 8 | Digging the Ashes | p. 110 |
| 9 | Ache from the Hacienda | p. 125 |
| 10 | Final Days of Bataan | p. 135 |
| 11 | So Utterly Alone | p. 148 |
| Part III | ||
| 12 | Prerogative of Madness | p. 169 |
| 13 | The Bilibid Prison Respite | p. 186 |
| 14 | Three Ships from Hell | p. 199 |
| 15 | Under the Cold Ground | p. 212 |
| 16 | Emancipation | p. 227 |
| 17 | A Time to Heal | p. 236 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 259 | |
| A Note on Sources | p. 261 | |
| Notes | p. 267 |
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