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No Ordinary Joes

by Larry Colton
12 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 14 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781400147991. $95.99; 12 CDs. retail ed.; 1 MP3-CD. retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. HIST
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Colton, whose Counting Coup (2000) was an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults, here tells the extraordinary story of four young crewman of the USS Grenadier who exhibited real heroism in the dignified way they endured dehumanizing treatment as World War II prisoners of war. After their submarine was torpedoed, the men, given up for dead, were held captive and tortured by the Japanese for over two years. Colton poignantly illustrates their bond, their resilience, and their struggle to resume everyday living once freed, while Audie Award nominee Robert Fass creditably evokes all their complicated emotions. Recommended. [The Crown hc was recommended for "veterans' communities and World War II buffs," LJ 10/1/10.—Ed.]—Scott R. DiMarco, Mansfield Univ. of Pennsylvania Lib.
Reviewed by Scott R. DiMarco , Feb 15, 2011
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