TOM CLAVIN is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and has worked as a newspaper editor, magazine writer, TV and radio commentator, and a reporter for The New York Times. He has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and National Newspaper Association. His books include the bestselling Frontier Lawmen trilogy--Wild Bill, Dodge City, and Tombstone--and Blood and Treasure with Bob Drury. He lives in Sag Harbor, NY.
"This book is an absolute winner for your Dad, your Granddad, your
uncle, anyone who's a veteran or a World War II buff or readers
seeking a tale of heroism. Find it now, and let "Lightning Down"
strike you." --Terri Schlichenmeyer for Commercial News
"Clavin's latest, like his other histories, reads like a novel and
it will keep readers turning the pages ...This is an engaging and
captivating story capturing the courage and strength of humanity
under extreme conditions. Highly recommended." --Library Journal
(starred review) "Clavin writes Moser's remarkable story into a
heartrending tale of human endurance." --Booklist "The journalist
and bestselling popular historian returns with the story of an
American soldier who survived Nazi terror...Scrupulous,
squirm-inducing...A fast-paced account of a little-known POW
experience." --Kirkus Reviews
"Clavin paints the horrors of life in the concentration camp in
harrowing detail. The details Clavin unearths ... are grimly
fascinating." --Publishers Weekly
"Lightning Down is a historical biography that contains the
information of a textbook while reading like a novel ... Clavin's
style and structure induce enough suspense to keep readers wrapped
up in the moment. And, despite the horrors that Moser experienced
and Clavin describes vividly, Lightning Down has an overarching
positivity and celebration of resilience." --Associated Press
"A gripping tale of survival." --World War II magazine "Clavin has
constructed an account filled with harrowing images that will
linger in readers' minds as they doubtless lingered in Moser's
memory...Reading this war and captivity history as seen through the
eyes of a strong, resilient survivor is a true education."
--BookReporter.com "Lightning Down is indeed a thriller. The
writing is great, easy to read and digest with full emotions...a
near perfect suspense story." --Argunners magazine "Lightning Down
is a wonderful testament to the human spirit, an incredible story
of courage and resilience, of one man's heroism both in a cockpit
in the skies above Nazi-occupied Europe and in Buchenwald, the dark
heart of the Third Reich. Don't miss this nail-biter from a true
master, Tom Clavin." --Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling
author of Against All Odds "When a quiet American farm boy named
Joe fell in love with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, he had no idea
that his dream of becoming a fighter pilot would catapult him into
one of the most harrowing stories of World War II. Tom Clavin's
Lightning Down whisked me from the rural peace of the Pacific
Northwest to aviation heroics on D-Day, from a nightmare prison
train to a Nazi concentration camp, from a brutal frozen death
march to a German POW camp that pushed thousands of men to the
outer edge of human endurance--and beyond. This shocking true tale
of a small band of American flyers imprisoned by the Third Reich is
at turns horrifying and triumphant, revealing the galvanizing power
of battlefield brotherhood and the extraordinary resilience of the
human spirit. I began rooting for Joe on Page 1!" --Lynn Vincent,
New York Times bestselling coauthor of Indianapolis: The True Story
of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year
Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
"Buchenwald was the place no allied airman was supposed to wind
up--but they did. In this priceless eyewitness history, one of
WWII's most incredible stories has finally found its teller.
Lightning Down is a riveting read that will leave you with a cold
shiver." --Adam Makos, author of the NY Times bestseller A Higher
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