Last Stop Nagasaki
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Faded Spine. Pages clean and crisp. Mylar sleeve.
In Last Stop Nagasaki!, Hugh V. Clarke delivers a harrowing and deeply personal account of survival against the impossible odds of the Second World War. As a young Australian soldier captured during the fall of Singapore, Clarke’s journey takes him through the brutal extremes of the Thai-Burma "Death Railway," where disease and starvation were daily companions. Yet, his ordeal was far from over; he was eventually transported to Japan as a slave laborer, placing him at the very epicenter of history’s most devastating turning point. The narrative reaches its chilling climax in August 1945, when Clarke and his fellow POWs witness the blinding flash of the atomic bomb from their prison camp on the outskirts of Nagasaki. With a journalist's eye for detail and a survivor's raw honesty, Clarke recounts the surreal transition from the brink of execution to the sudden, silent end of the war. It is a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit and a visceral look at the final, explosive days of the conflict in the Pacific.
Author: Hugh V. Clarke
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, George and Allen Unwin
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good , ex-library
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Faded Spine. Pages clean and crisp. Mylar sleeve.
In Last Stop Nagasaki!, Hugh V. Clarke delivers a harrowing and deeply personal account of survival against the impossible odds of the Second World War. As a young Australian soldier captured during the fall of Singapore, Clarke’s journey takes him through the brutal extremes of the Thai-Burma "Death Railway," where disease and starvation were daily companions. Yet, his ordeal was far from over; he was eventually transported to Japan as a slave laborer, placing him at the very epicenter of history’s most devastating turning point. The narrative reaches its chilling climax in August 1945, when Clarke and his fellow POWs witness the blinding flash of the atomic bomb from their prison camp on the outskirts of Nagasaki. With a journalist's eye for detail and a survivor's raw honesty, Clarke recounts the surreal transition from the brink of execution to the sudden, silent end of the war. It is a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit and a visceral look at the final, explosive days of the conflict in the Pacific.