| Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II | |
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| Author | Brendan I. Koerner |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | World War II |
| Publisher | Penguin Press (USA) |
| Publication date | 2008 |
| Media type | Hardback |
| ISBN | 1-59420-173-0 |
| OCLC Number | 175289974 |
| Dewey Decimal | 940.54/8 22 |
| Library of Congress Classification | D810.N4 P4756 2008 |
Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II (2008) is a narrative nonfiction history book by United States author Brendan I. Koerner.[1][2][3][4] It investigates and recounts the story of Herman Perry, an African-American World War II soldier assigned in the China-Burma-India theatre of the war. Perry killed a white officer while helping construct the Ledo Road. He subsequently retreated into the Indo-Burmese wilderness and joined a tribe of the headhunting Nagas, successfully joining one village and marrying the fourteen-year-old daughter of one of the tribesmen.
It also relates some of the history of the CBI theatre as it pertains to Herman Perry's, as well as explores the injustices of the Jim Crow mentality and policies carried out by the military during World War II.
In February 2009, American director Spike Lee purchased the film rights to the book.[5]
References[]
- ↑ Jonathan Yardley (July 13, 2008). "Jonathan Yardley on 'Now the Hell Will Start'". Washington Post. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2008-07-13/opinions/36803197_1_black-soldiers-world-war-ii-remarkable-story. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
- ↑ James Fallows (July 21, 2008). "A wonderful new book: 'Now the Hell Will Start'". The Atlantic. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2008/07/a-wonderful-new-book-apos-now-the-hell-will-start-apos/8575/. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
- ↑ Michelle Kung (May 23, 2008). "Now the Hell Will Start". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20201998,00.html. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
- ↑ Staff writer (April 15, 2008). "Now the Hell Will Start". Kirkus Reviews. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brendan-i-koerner/now-the-hell-will-start/. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
- ↑ Marc Graser (February 2, 2009). "Director grabs rights to WWII thriller". Variety magazine. http://variety.com/2009/film/news/spike-lee-to-produce-start-1117999464/. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
External links[]
- Now the Hell Will Start, official site
- Now the Hell Will Start, June 5, 2008 at BookTV 36-minutes (video archived at C-SPAN)
- Herman Perry: Now The Hell Will Start, book excerpt in The Telegraph, 3 August 2008
The original article can be found at Now the Hell Will Start and the edit history here.