Beggar's Island

A gripping, absorbing tale of the Korean War and the prison riots on Koje-do during the last year of the Forgotten War. John S. Elmo’s riveting accounts of what it was like to be in Korea with the U.S. Army in 1953 captures the very essence of being a draftee soldier embroiled in the conflict. Beggar’s Island, a fast moving novel is written from Elmo’s perspective and experience in being a Company Clerk, a pivotal person involved with the day to day management and leadership of any Army unit. His descriptions of the accounts, characters, interpersonal emotions and actions paint a stirringly realistic explanation of what happened in and around Koje-do during the final phases of the Korean War.