Hampton Sides is an award-winning editor of Outside and the author of the bestselling histories In the Kingdom of Ice, Hellhound on His Trail, Blood and Thunder, and Ghost Soldiers, which won the PEN Award for Nonfiction. A past fellow of the Santa Fe Institute, he teaches narrative non-fiction at Colorado College.
Superb...a masterpiece of thorough research, deft pacing and
arresting detail...Sides shows how brave Marines -- officers and
grunts -- innovated, organized and blasted their way out of the
trap their fabulously famous boss had helped set. This war story --
the fight to break out of a frozen hell near the Chosin Reservoir
-- has been told many times before. But Sides tells it exceedingly
well, with fresh research, gritty scenes and cinematic sweep.
--Washington Post
"To this pantheon [of the best books on the Korean War] we can now
add Hampton Sides' On Desperate Ground, which hits all the
right notes...It's a story Marines are rightly proud of and one
that should be of interest to anyone who wants to know more about
the remains that just returned home from Korea, and why those men
deserve to be remembered."
--Wall St. Journal
Gripping...Master storyteller Hampton Sides, specializes
in captivating readers with his trademark moment-by-moment
accounts...Sides captures the big personalities who run
things...[and] also immerses readers in vivid accounts of horrific
battles and an infamous attack in reverse.
--Christian Science Monitor "Excellent...On Desperate
Ground is a first-rate work of military history, and its combat
narratives are rich with individual stories of danger, bravery,
loss, survival and wrenching poignancy."
--Dallas Morning News
"Sides' brilliant reporting and crisp storytelling provides a
backdrop for events on the world stage almost 70 years later...It's
an epic worthy of Homer...In their will to survive the Americans
are just as crafty as their Greek forebears."
--Santa Fe New Mexican
"Hampton Sides's On Desperate Ground is a heart-pounding, fiercely
written account of the brutal Chosin Reservoir Campaign during the
Korean War. Every page pulsates with drama. Sides, an American
master of nonfiction, has written one of the finest battle books
ever.
--Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Rightful
Heritage and The Wilderness Warrior
On Desperate Ground is first-rate narrative history. Hampton Sides'
characters are richly drawn, his background history engrossing, and
his battle scenes bone-chillingly realistic--a great read.
--Daniel James Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The
Boys in the Boat "On Desperate Ground is a masterpiece of war
history, a sweeping and powerfully drawn epic of the Korean War and
its mightiest battle. The astonishing heroism, resourcefulness, and
grit of the Marines trapped at Chosin Reservoir boggles the mind,
and Hampton Sides's telling of the story largely through the voices
of those who fought (including Koreans) makes for a spellbinding
and moving narrative. One of the most harrowing accounts of war I
have ever read, this book is destined to become a classic."
--Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author
of The Lost City of the Monkey God
"What a book! Through moment-by-moment, intensely-researched
details, On Desperate Ground utterly immerses the reader in this
harrowing battle. Hampton Sides gives us a better understanding of
the history behind current U.S. relations with Korea and China
while offering a series of captivating profiles in human
courage--an absolutely riveting read."
--Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the
Light We Cannot See
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