Give Us This Day - Softcover

Stewart, Sidney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380760762 ISBN 13: 9780380760763

Publisher: Avon Books, 1990

Synopsis

What happened to the survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March in World War II? In a new edition of this classic account, Sidney Stewart gives one man's gripping answer.

In April 1942, Sidney Stewart, a 21-year-old U.S. Army enlisted man, was captured at Bataan. For nearly three and a half years, until he was liberated by the Russians in Manchuria, he remained a prisoner of war. Here is his account of this long and terrifying captivity. "It is one of the most harrowing and debilitating chronicles that I have read. . . . He describes the ordeal brilliantly; he harbors no resentments apparently, and he has emerged from an inferno of bestiality with utter serenity." — Maxwell Geismar, Saturday Review "An impressive and moving book." — David Dempsey, New York Times "His is no ordinary prisoner-of-war story; better written than most, it contains no tales of swashbuckling defiance. . . . The force of this book is its testimony to the indomitable strength of the human spirit." — Manchester Guardian "The plain narrative of this story would by itself have been fascinating, but this book is far more than a story, it is a work of art." — André Siegfried, Academie Francaise "Sidney Stewart's composed narrative is one of the most noble documents ever penned by a prisoner of war. The companions he writes about remained men to the end, until at last only one man remained; he survived to write this unforgettable, this magnificent story." — George Slocombe, New York Herald Tribune [Paris]

About this title

About the Author:

Sidney Stewart lived in Europe for many years. He died in Paris in 1998.

Review:

An impressive and moving book. --

His is no ordinary prisoner-of-war story; better written than most, it contains no tales of swashbuckling defiance. . . . The force of this book is its testimony to the indomitable strength of the human spirit. -- Manchester Guardian

It is one of the most harrowing and debilitating chronicles that I have read. . . . He describes the ordeal brilliantly; he harbors no resentments apparently, and he has emerged from an inferno of bestiality with utter serenity. -- Maxwell Geismar, Saturday Review

Sidney Stewart's composed narrative is one of the most noble documents ever penned by a prisoner of war. The companions he writes about remained men to the end, until at last only one man remained; he survived to write this unforgettable, this magnificent story. -- George Slocombe, New York Herald Tribune [Paris]

The plain narrative of this story would by itself have been fascinating, but this book is far more than a story, it is a work of art. -- Andr Siegfried, Academie Francaise

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0380760762
• ISBN 13: 9780380760763
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188