| Jungle Journal: Prisoners of the Japanese in Java 1942-1945 Contributor(s): Williams, Frank (Author), Williams, Ronald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0752487213 ISBN-13: 9780752487212 Publisher: Spellmount Publishers OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Literary Collections | Diaries & Journals |
| Dewey: 940.547 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the story of a young Royal Artillery officer, Lieutenant Ronald Williams, who was held as a prisoner of war in the Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies from 1942-45. It is a true account of the alternate horror and banality of daily life, and the humor that helped the men survive the beatings, deprivation, and death of comrades. Told through the diary and papers of Williams and others, Jungle Journal includes many cartoons and poems produced by the prisoners, as well as extracts from the original Jungle Journal, a newspaper created by the men under the noses of their guards. Ronald Williams was the "editor" of this potentially fatal "publication." Jungle Journal describes the survival of hope even in desperate straits, and is a testament to those men whose courage and fortitude were tested to the limit under the tropical sun. |