The Long March Home, Marcus Brotherton
The Long March Home, Marcus Brotherton
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The Long March Home
A World War II Novel of the Pacific

Author: Marcus Brotherton, Tosca Lee

Narrator: Nick Walther

Unabridged: 12 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/02/2023


Synopsis

Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope.

Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire.

Life in the Philippines seems like paradise—until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor.

Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as enemy warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history.

What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive.

About Marcus Brotherton

Marcus Brotherton is the New York Times bestselling author or coauthor of more than twenty-five books, including Tough as They Come with SSG Travis Mills and We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers. He has won the Christopher Award for literature that "affirms the highest values of the human spirit."


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bonnie on May 29, 2023

How do I do justice to this amazing book? I'm not sure I can, but I will try. I would say that mere words can't express such deep emotions as those that are conveyed in this book, but that's not true because Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee did just that, and then some. The bond of four friends seems......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on April 17, 2023

Three high school friends (Jimmy, Hank, and Billy) from Mobile, AL enlist in World War II in the historical novel, The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific . They are stationed in the Philippines when the unimaginable assault on Pearl Harbor happens on December 7, 1941. Immediately a......more

Goodreads review by Amanda (BookLoverAmanda) on May 10, 2023

The Long March Home by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee will leave you with a renewed appreciation for the young American men who went through the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. Not many people know about what happened to these young men and this story truly brings their stories to life. I kn......more

Goodreads review by Kristina on May 03, 2023

Disclosure: I received this book free from the publisher/author. The opinions I have expressed are my own, and I was not required to write a positive review. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255. I'm conflicted about this book. On one hand, Brotherto......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on February 08, 2024

Tosca Lee is one of my fav historical fiction authors and this book did not disappoint! Not just a tough, and at times horrific, accounting of one of WW II’s most awful chapters, but a deeply moving and human tale of friendship, bravery and love. I wept through most of the ending. Have been recommen......more