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Title: Charlie Two Shoes and the Marines of Love Company by Michael Peterson, David Perlmutt ISBN: 1-55750-672-8 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: November, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Compelling story of friendship and perseverance
Comment: Charlie Two Shoes is a fascinating story of one man's friendship with a group of US Marines and his incredible perseverence in getting re-united with them. Peterson and Perlmutt tell the story through Charlie's eyes and those of his Marine pals. They give us an intriguing look at life behind the Bamboo Curtain. More amazing than Charlie's budding friendship -- he was around the Marines for about four years as a teenager -- is his enduring perseverance in keeping his dream of a reunion alive. The dream survived decades, including years in a Chinese prison and more under house arrest in his small village. After all that, his eventual reunion in the U.S. had drama of its own. One Marine buddy turned out to be more interested in his own fortunes than Charlie's,and Charlie's efforts to stay got mired as much in domestic politics as international. A good read by gifted writers.
Rating: 5
Summary: An epic of faith, courage and loyalty set in war torn China.
Comment: Charlie Two Shoes and the Marines of Love Company is not only an inspiring story about friendships and loyalty, but also an excellent retelling of some little known American history. Set in Northern China starting at the end of World War II and continuing to recent times, the reader will learn about the atrocities visited upon the Chinese peasantry by the Japanese, the communist take over of China and America's futile efforts to stop it, the severe poverty and starvation the Chinese people endured, and the political repression and corruption that continued for years. Into the shadows of these desolate and hopeless conditions, the warmth and charity that the American Marines and missionaries brought with them to China and to a young boy, nick-named Charlie, shine brightly. The reader is invited on a journey through Charlie's life of joys and travails, but is pulled aside by the authors from time to time for some excellent and concise description of the historical context. Thus this true tale of friendship and suffering also enables the reader to also learn the larger story of the historical events which ultimately were its cause.
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Title: A Bitter Peace by Michael Peterson ISBN: 067172696X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: TIME OF WAR by Peterson ISBN: 0671683039 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 March, 1990 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Immortal Dragon by Michael Peterson ISBN: 0451122453 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: July, 1983 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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