Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World Warii

An epic saga of hubris, cruelty, and redemption, Now the Hell Will Start tells the remarkable tale of the greatest manhunt of World War II. Herman Perry, besieged by the hardships of the Indo-Burmese jungle and the racism meted out by his white commanding officers, found solace in opium and marijuana. But on one fateful day, Perry shot his unarmed white lieutenant in the throes of an emotional collapse and fled into the jungle.

Brendan I. Koerner spent nearly five years chasing Perry's ghost to the most remote corners of India and Burma. Along the way, he uncovered the forgotten story of the Ledo Road's GIs, for whom Jim Crow was as powerful an enemy as the Japanese-and for whom Herman Perry, dubbed the jungle king, became an unlikely folk hero.

Author: Brendan I. Koerner
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 05/26/2009
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.42w x 0.89d
ISBN13: 9780143115335
ISBN10: 0143115332
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical

About the Author
A contributing editor at Wired whose work appears regularly in The New York Times and Slate, Brendan I. Koerner was named one of Columbia Journalism Review's Ten Young Writers on the Rise. For more information on Now the Hell Will Start, visit www.nowthehellwillstart.com.