The Coldest Night

by Robert Olmstead

Book Overview

Henry Childs is just seventeen when he falls into a love affair so intense it nearly destroys him. To escape the wrath of the young girl's father, Henry joins the Marines, arriving in Korea on the eve of the brutal battle of the Chosin Reservoir--the defining moment of the Korean War. There he confronts an enemy force far beyond the scope of his imagining, but the challenges he meets upon his return home, scarred and haunted, are greater by far. From...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161620043X
• ISBN13: 9781616200435
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.5"