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Captured: An American Prisoner of War in North Vietnam (Scholastic Focus) (Hardcover)
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Captured: An American Prisoner of War in North Vietnam (Scholastic Focus) (Hardcover)
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Discovery Miles 3 680
You Save R113 (23%)
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Alvin Townley, a critically acclaimed author of adult nonfiction,
delivers a searing YA debut about American POWs during the Vietnam
War. Naval aviator Jeremiah Denton was shot down and captured in
North Vietnam in 1965. As a POW, Jerry Denton led a group of fellow
American prisoners in withstanding gruesome conditions behind enemy
lines. They developed a system of secret codes and covert
communications to keep up their spirits. Later, he would endure
torture and long periods of solitary confinement. Always, Jerry
told his fellow POWs that they would one day return home together.
Although Jerry spent seven and a half years as a POW, he did
finally return home in 1973 after the longest and harshest
deployment in US history.Denton's story is an extraordinary
narrative of human resilience and endurance. Townley grapples with
themes of perseverance, leadership, and duty while also deftly
portraying the deeply complicated realities of the Vietnam War in
this gripping narrative project for YA readers.
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