Through the Jungle of Death: A Boy's Escape from Wartime Burma
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SKU 9781620457764
A Gripping Survivor Story of one Family's Flight from Burma During the Japanese Invasion
"As uplifting a testimonial to human courage as any to emerge from World War II."--Daily Mail (London)
"A tale of hair-raising adventure, survival, love and loss, shot through with rage, polemic, unlikely humour and a rare spiritual sensibility."--Telegraph Magazine (London)
"Unique and heartfelt . . . a tale of human resilience and bravery in the most desperate circumstances."--The Irish News
"Written with simplicity, understanding, and surprising good humour. It deserves to be read."--The Times Educational Supplement (London)
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Book details
- Author
- Stephen Brookes
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 274
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Biography & Autobiography › Historical
History › Wars & Conflicts › World War II - Topics
- World War II · refugee survival · memoir · Japanese invasion · jungle escape · family survival story · wartime childhood
- ISBN-13
- 9781620457764
About the author
STEPHEN BROOKES is the author of Through the Jungle of Death: A Boy’s Escape from Wartime Burma, a firsthand account of his family’s 3,000-mile flight from Burma to India during the Japanese invasion of 1942, which he experienced at age eleven.
Brookes was educated at La Martinière College in Lucknow, India.
When not writing, Brookes drew on a varied working life that took him across Asia: after the war he taught in Malaya, served as a soldier in the Indian Army, and worked in the oil fields in Borneo. These experiences inform the cross-cultural perspective at the heart of his memoir.
Stephen lives in Cambridgeshire, England.