Resolve by Bob Welch

Resolve by Bob Welch

On April 9, 1942, thousands of U.S. soldiers surrendered as the Philippines island of Luzon fell to the Japanese. But a few hundred Americans placed their faith in their own hands and headed for the jungles.

One of them was twenty-three-year-old Clay Conner Jr., who had never even camped before . . .

The obstacles to Conner's survival were as numerous as the enemy soldiers who ultimately put a price on his head: among them malaria, heat, jungle rot, snakes, and mosquitoes. Beyond that, the human threats of betrayal, capture, torture, and death. And, finally, he had to overcome self-doubt, struggle with the despair of burying comrades, deal with friction among his fellow American soldiers, and find a way to survive.

But if conflict reveals character, Conner showed himself to be a man apart. Inspired by an unlikely alliance with a tribe of arrow-shooting pygmies, by the words in a dog-eared New Testament, and by a tattered American flag that he vowed to someday triumphantly fly at battalion headquarters, Conner emerged victorious from the jungle--after almost three years.

Resolve is the story of an unlikely hero who never surrendered to the enemy--and of a soldier who never gave up hope.

Bob Welch is the award-winning author of twelve books and the general columnist at The Register-Guard in Eugene, Oregon. He has served as an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Oregon in Eugene, and has had articles published in such magazines as Reader s Digest, Sports Illustrated, Runner s World, and Los Angeles. He is the founding director of the Beachside Writers Workshop, and has enlightened thousands across the country with his inspirational speaking.

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Titel	Resolve
Autor	Bob Welch
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Penguin Putnam Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2013-08-06
Seitenanzahl	344
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