Too Dead to Die: A Memoir of Bataan and Beyond

by Steve Raymond and Mike Pride, Charlotte Thibault (Illustrator), cover (Illustrator)

Thousands of men died on the Bataan Death March, and thousands more perished in Japanese prison camps during the war. Steve Raymond survived. Too Dead to Die tells how Raymond did it and what he witnessed. The book began with a diary that Raymond kept as a prisoner. From the brutality of the Death March to the horrors of a Hell Ship to the destruction of Japanese cities to the joy of liberation, Too Dead to Die takes readers on one man's harrowing, death-defying journey. The 'good war' of our popular imagination disappears when we confront the harsh realities men like Steve Raymond experienced in World War II. And we are all the better for it. This is a riveting narrative, one man's desperate struggle for survival in the midst of the greatest crisis in human history. -- Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker, Florentine Films

214 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 2006

Reviews

[Ted · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 28th read about the Bataan Death March and subsequent plight of POWs. I cannot recall any having a more unsympathetic character than Raymond. Two stars raised to three because of the illustrations.

[Christy]

Ok, so I copyedited this one; it's a great book that tells a tragic and often-forgotten story.