In April 1942, Sidney Stewart, a 21-year-old U.S. Army enlisted man, was captured at Bataan. For nearly three and a half years, until he was liberated by the Russians in Manchuria, he remained a prisoner of war. Here is his account of this long and terrifying captivity. "It is one of the most harrowing and debilitating chronicles that I have read. . . . He describes the ordeal brilliantly; he harbors no resentments apparently, and he has emerged from an inferno of bestiality with utter serenity." - Maxwell Geismar,
Saturday Review "An impressive and moving book." - David Dempsey,
New York Times "His is no ordinary prisoner-of-war story; better written than most, it contains no tales of swashbuckling defiance. . . . The force of this book is its testimony to the indomitable strength of the human spirit." -
Manchester Guardian "The plain narrative of this story would by itself have been fascinating, but this book is far more than a story, it is a work of art." - Andre Siegfried, Academie Francaise "Sidney Stewart's composed narrative is one of the most noble documents ever penned by a prisoner of war. The companions he writes about remained men to the end, until at last only one man remained; he survived to write this unforgettable, this magnificent story." - George Slocombe,
New York Herald Tribune [Paris]
About the AuthorSidney Stewart lived in Europe for many years. He died in Paris in 1998.
Book InformationISBN 9780393319217
Author Sidney StewartFormat Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 297g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm * 20mm