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now the hell will start one soldiers flight from the greatest manhunt of world war ii
an epic saga of hubris cruelty and redemption now the hell will start tells the remarkable tale of the greatest manhunt of world war ii . herman perry besieged by the hardships of the indo burmese jungle and the racism meted out by his white commanding officers found solace in opium and marijuana . but on one fateful day perry shot his unarmed white lieutenant in the throes of an emotional collapse and fled into the jungle . br brendan i. koerner spent nearly five years chasing perrys ghost to the most remote corners of india and burma . along the way he uncovered the forgotten story of the ledo roads gis for whom jim crow was as powerful an enemy as the japanese and for whom herman perry dubbed the jungle king became an unlikely folk hero . br
paperback penguin books 2009 isbn13 9780143115335 isbn10 0143115332
abridged n isbn 13 9780143115335 number in series 1 number of pages 386 publisher penguin group usa release date 62135769600000