No Ordinary Joes
The Extraordinary True Story of Four Submariners in World War II
$34.86
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2011
Summary
Now in paperback, the harrowing true story of four young sailors from the USS Grenadier who were captured and tortured by the Japanese during World War II, the bond that sustained them, and their struggles to resume their lives.On April 23, 1943, the seventy-man crew of the USS Grenadier scrambled to save their submarine-and themselves-after a Japanese aerial torpedo sent it crashing to the ocean floor. Miraculously, the men were able to bring the sub back to the surface, only to be captured …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307888457 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0307888452 |
| Author: | Larry Colton |
| Publisher: | Presidio Press |
| Imprint: | Presidio Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2011 |
| Weight: | 331g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 130mm |
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Critics Review
”[I] am reading No Ordinary Joes. Should have had a medical checkup before I started it. Colton makes us fall in love with these guys, then puts our hearts in harm’s way. It’s lovely and ghastly and extremely powerful. His best yet.”
–Katherine Dunn, National Book Award finalist, author of Geek Love
“No Ordinary Joes is a marvelous treatment of a special time in American history, as well as an up close and personal look at the devastating impact that war can have on the personal lives of those involved in it. Let’s have a twenty-one gun salute for Larry Colton!”
–John T. (Jack) Ramsay, Former Navy Ensign, Underwater Demolition Team #30
Basketball Analyst, ESPN TV and Radio
“Larry Colton’s Ordinary Joes are just like us, yet they endure what we could never imagine, and are ennobled in ways they themselves might not claim. Intimate and epic, unblinking and even-handed, Colton’s engrossing story strips sentimentality and cliché from our notion of hero.”
–Ron Shelton, award-winning screenwriter and director of Bull Durham, White Men Can’t Jump and Tin Cup
About The Author
Larry Colton
Since his days as a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, LARRY COLTON has taught high school, worked for Nike, and written four books. His articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Boston Globe, Sports Illustrated, Ladies’ Home Journal, Esquire, and elsewhere. His three previous books are Idol Time, Goat Brothers (a main selection for the Book of the Month Club), and Counting Coup, which in 2000 won the Frankfurt eBook Award (FeBA) for nonfiction.
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