The coldest night: a novel
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"Henry Childs is just seventeen when he falls into a love affair so intense it nearly consumes him. But when young Mercy's disapproving father threatens Henry's life, Henry runs as far as he can--to the other side of the world.The time is 1950, and the Korean War hangs in the balance. Descended from a long line of soldiers, Henry enlists in the marines and arrives in Korea on the eve of the brutal seventeen-day battle of the Chosin Reservoir--the turning point of the war--completely unprepared for the forbidding Korean landscape and the unimaginable circumstances of a war well beyond the scope of anything his ancestors ever faced. But the challenges he meets upon his return home, scarred and haunted, are greater by far.Robert Olmstead's riveting new novel is not only a passionate story of love and war, it is a timeless story of soldiers coming home to a country with little regard for, and even less knowledge of, what they've confronted. Through his hero, Olmstead reveals an unspoken truth about combat: that for many men, the experience of war is the most enlivening, electric, and extraordinary experience of their lives."
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Americans
Americans -- Korea -- Fiction
Coming of age
Coming of age -- Fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Historical fiction
Korean War, 1950-1953
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Fiction
Life change events
Life change events -- Fiction
Literature
Love stories
Soldiers
Soldiers -- Fiction
Teenage boys
Teenage boys -- Fiction
War
War -- Fiction
Americans -- Korea -- Fiction
Coming of age
Coming of age -- Fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Historical fiction
Korean War, 1950-1953
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Fiction
Life change events
Life change events -- Fiction
Literature
Love stories
Soldiers
Soldiers -- Fiction
Teenage boys
Teenage boys -- Fiction
War
War -- Fiction
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9781616202774
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Teenage boys -- Fiction
War -- Fiction
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Electronic books
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Historical fiction
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Fiction
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Teenage boys -- Fiction
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