Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle

by Robert Lyman

Book Overview

Flying the notorious "Hump" route between India and China in 1943, a twin-engine plane suffered mechanical failure and crashed in a dense mountain jungle, deep within Japanese-held territory. Among the passengers and crew were celebrated CBS journalist Eric Sevareid, an OSS operative who was also a Soviet double agent, and General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell's personal political adviser. Against the odds, all but one of the twenty-one people aboard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306824671
• ISBN13: 9780306824678
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"