Facing The Mountain Facing The Mountain

Facing The Mountain

The Forgotten Heroes of the Second World War

    • 5.0 • 1 Rating
    • $16.99
    • $16.99

Publisher Description

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes the gripping untold story of one of the most heroic units that fought in World War II

'My favourite kind of history book: grippingly written, full of incredible drama, and focussing on individuals rather than numbers and statistics' James Holland

On December 7th 1941, the Japanese Navy bombed Pearl Harbor. For many Americans, the surprise attack was a call to arms - but for the soldier sons of Japanese-American immigrant parents, it brought prejudice and scrutiny over where their loyalties lay.

In Facing the Mountain, Daniel James Brown tells the unforgettable story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the Japanese-American heroes who displayed incredible courage on the brutal battlefields of Europe. Achieving the impossible in often near-suicidal missions, including rescuing a 'lost battalion' surrounded by Nazis in the French mountains, the 442nd went on to become one of the most decorated units in history. Yet at the same time, their parents were put in camps and stripped of their livelihoods, and an equally brave battle was being fought in the courtroom back home.

A cinematic tour de force, Facing the Mountain puts a real-life band of brothers in the history books where they belong and reminds us that victory is rarely as simple as we think.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2021
20 May
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
560
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Books Ltd
SELLER
Penguin Books Limited
SIZE
15.2
MB

More Books Like This

Behind Japanese Lines Behind Japanese Lines
2014
Eyewitness Eyewitness
2005
Hellfire Hellfire
2007
Heroes Heroes
2010
In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers
2010
The Brigade The Brigade
2009

More Books by Daniel James Brown

The Boys in the Boat The Boys in the Boat
2013
The Indifferent Stars Above The Indifferent Stars Above
2009
Remando como un solo hombre Remando como un solo hombre
2015
Erano ragazzi in barca Erano ragazzi in barca
2015
Das Wunder von Berlin Das Wunder von Berlin
2015

Customers Also Bought

All the Light We Cannot See All the Light We Cannot See
2014
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
2017
Educated Educated
2018
No Plan B No Plan B
2022
American Dirt American Dirt
2020
The Last Thing He Told Me The Last Thing He Told Me
2021