Rob S. (scalawag4life) -
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Drawing on a collection of newspaper clippings as a starting point, Pearson has researched and written the story of an American POW of the Japanese during World War II. Estel Myers, a young navy hospital corpsman, was captured in the Philippines in 1942 and remained a prisoner until he was liberated from a camp in Japan in 1945. Fiction writer and journalist Pearson details the harrowing nature of Myers's existence during those years, especially the trip from the Philippines to Japan. Through it all, he did what he could as a medic to keep himself and others alive. Pearson uses a simple but compelling style to craft this biographical narrative. There is no documentation, but the book strives for historical accuracy, drawing on interviews with survivors of the same events. Recommended for any public library with readers interested in World War II.
