Great American Wartime Survival Stories

<P>Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the ability and pluck to face fear and move on. </P><P></P><P><I>Great American Wartime Survival Stories</I> is an extraordinary collection of stories presenting indefatigable human beings caught in circumstances that summoned extraordinary resilience and strength: a plane crash in the jungles of Burma a Pacific typhoon perilous flight from Confederate soldiers intent on killing the enemy. </P><P></P><P>The heroes within these stories are unflappable gifted with the strength and perseverance to calmly face their Maker and move ahead. </P><P></P><P>Within each of these enduring stories is an uplifting lesson on the human condition. </P><P></P><P>Here among the ten riveting stories in this collection you will read of a group of imprisoned American sailors trapped in a foul Philippine jail at the turn of the 19th century; an account of two Union prisoners on the run making their way through Confederate territory; and the men on American naval ships caught in a typhoon during World War II. </P><P></P><P>Other stories include a young mother caught in the siege of Vicksburg; the survivors of the torpedoed USS Indianapolis floating helplessly in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific; and the brave and unsuspecting soldiers in and around Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941. </P><P></P><P><I>Great American Wartime Survival Stories</I> is more than anything an inspiring collection of hope from those who made it through the most trying of circumstances.</P><P></P>