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The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East by Alistair Urquhart (Paperback, 2011)
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Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore. He not only survived working on the notorious Bridge on the River Kwai , but he was subsequently taken on one of the Japanese 'hellships' which was torpedoed. Nearly everyone else on board died and Urquhart spent 5 days alone on a raft in the South China Sea before being rescued by a whaling ship. He was taken to Japan and then forced to work in a mine near Nagasaki. Two months later a nuclear bomb dropped just ten miles away . . . This is the extraordinary story of a young men, conscripted at nineteen and whose father was a Somme Veteran, survived not just one, but three close encounters with death - encounters which killed nearly all his comrades.Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139780349122571
eBay Product ID (ePID)99869272
Product Key Features
Publication Year2011
Book TitleThe Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorAlistair Urquhart
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height196 mm
Item Weight300 g
Item Width126 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAlistair Urquhart
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- 03 Jan, 2019
If you're ever having a rough day, read this.
A raw and non sugar coated account into the depths of human suffering at some of its worst in World War II. After getting an appreciation of the amount of trauma and hard work Alistair Urquhart had to endure, it makes the average person really appreciate what they have.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 08 Dec, 2016
Heartbreaking, but compelling
Mans inhumanity to man is bought into sharp reality in this book. It is truly amazing what some are able to endure. Alistair Urquhart was just an ordinary lad, like so many others who went to war. Well written and easy to read, I simply couldn't put this book down... A must read for those interested in the men who survived the horror of war.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 08 Feb, 2019
The Forgotten Highlander Thats what all our soldiers were in the Far East, Forgotten"
Told in a real life way, by a man who went through hell, and the facts also portray the British abroad in management role's as deplorable,no wonder all the local people were glad to see the British go.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 08 Mar, 2024
A compelling read
I could not put this book down, anvamazing survival story that brings out the brutality that was carried out. This book should be taken into schools as a must read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Dec, 2024
It was a great book, but a little attent...
It was a great book, but a little attention to the clogged up dust would be appreciated, still it's an old book so I undestand,Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 05 Apr, 2024
Outstanding read brutally truthful
true story of the brutality of war and unbreakable human spirit. inspirational. !!!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 28 Sep, 2022
Excellent and well written
Excellent read, well written about part of history I did not know much about !Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 17 Oct, 2019
great read
good value for moneyVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 30 Jan, 2017
Amazing book read in 2 sittings as I had to sleep.
As aboveVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 18 Jun, 2020
Amazing story of courage
An unbelievable story of one man who refused to give up or give in when faced with the worst that humanity could throw at him.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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