My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March

by Lester I. Tenney

Overview

Captured by the Japanese after the fall of Bataan, Lester Tenney was one of the very few who would survive the legendary Death March and three and a half years in Japanese prison camps. With an understanding of human nature, a sense of humor, sharp thinking, and fierce determination, Tenney endured the rest of the war as a slave laborer in Japanese prison camps. My Hitch in Hell is an inspiring survivor's epic about the triumph of human will despite unimaginable human suffering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781597973465
Publisher:	Potomac Books Inc.
Publication date:	09/30/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	848,510
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Lester I. Tenney (Ph.D., University of Southern California) (1920-2017) was a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March. He was a prisoner of war of the Japanese for a total of three and half years. After a brief stint as a high school teach, he entered the insurance business. He worked with the Arizona state legislature in developing a retirement and insurance program for all Arizona State employees. He was also a professor at Arizona State University. He is the author of several books, including The Courage to Remember: PTSD--From Trauma to Triumph (Lester Tenney, 2014), My Hitch in Hell (Potomac Books, 1995), and the co-authored Your Financial Survival Under the Medicaid System (TLC Publishing, 1992).

Editorial Reviews

"Riveting . . . A grim story of heroic survival."

"What gets you through torture and isolation with self-respect intact? Let Tenney show you in this book."

"Superb."

“Riveting . . . a grim story of heroic survival.”

“What gets you through torture and isolation with self-respect intact? Let Tenney show you in this book.”

"Superb."

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