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A bright and blinding sun : a World War II story of survival, love, and redemption / Marcus Brotherton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brotherton, Marcus, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Johnson, Joseph Quitman, 1926-2017.
- Johnson, Joseph Quitman.
- Prisoners of war--Philippines--Biography.
- Prisoners of war.
- Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Philippines.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Bataan (Province).
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines--Corregidor Island.
- Military campaigns.
- Philippines.
- Philippines--Bataan (Province).
- Philippines--Corregidor Island.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
- Summary:
- "Joe Johnson Jr. ran away from home at the age of 12, hopping a freight train at the height of the Great Depression. Two years later, he managed to talk his way into the U.S. Army. Seeking freedom and adventure, he was sent to the Philippines. After a misstep with a teenage prostitute, he vowed to right the wrongs he'd done and help the girl have a better life. Yet when the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941, his hopes of being with the girl had to wait. Joe and his fellow soldiers fought for four brutal months in Bataan and Corregidor, until they were forced to surrender. Joe endured years of horror as a prisoner of war, only dreaming about seeing again the girl he'd come to love"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: PART I
- 1. Little Bird Walking
- 2. Last Days of Boyhood
- 3. Where Sea and Sky Meet
- 4. Lost Babes in the Woods
- 5. The Girl Named Perpetua
- 6. She'll Make You a Star
- PART II
- 7. Horizon of Hurt
- 8. Digging the Ashes
- 9. Ache from the Hacienda
- 10. Final Days of Bataan
- 11. So Utterly Alone
- PART III
- 12. Prerogative of Madness
- 13. The Bilibid Prison Respite
- 14. Three Ships from Hell
- 15. Under the Cold Ground
- 16. Emancipation
- 17. A Time to Heal.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780316318914
- 0316318914
- OCLC:
- 1267752659
- Publisher Number:
- 99991055345
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