** "[A] tour de force."--Publishers Weekly** **starred review
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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.
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**Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping
coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of
unrelenting hope.
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"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
