The Last Thing You Surrender: A Novel of World War II

The Last Thing You Surrender: A Novel of World War II

Could you find the courage to do whatâ€™s right in a world on fire?

Pulitzer-winning journalist and bestselling novelist (Freeman) Leonard Pitts, Jr.â€™s new historical page-turner is a great American tale of race and war, following three characters from the Jim Crow South as they face the enormous changes World War II triggers in the United States.

An affluent white marine survives Pearl Harbor at the cost of a black messmanâ€™s life only to be sent, wracked with guilt, to the Pacific and taken prisoner by the Japanese . . . a young black woman, widowed by the same events at Pearl, finds unexpected opportunity and a dangerous friendship in a segregated Alabama shipyard feeding the war . . . a black man, who as a child saw his parents brutally lynched, is conscripted to fight Nazis for a country he despises and discovers a new kind of patriotism in the all-black 761st Tank Battalion.

Set against a backdrop of violent racial conflict on both the front lines and the home front, The Last Thing You Surrender explores the powerful moral struggles of individuals from a divided nation. What does it take to change someoneâ€™s mind about race? What does it take for a country and a people to move forward, transformed?
Country USA
Brand Agate Bolden
Manufacturer Agate Bolden
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781572842458
ReleaseDate 2019-02-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781572842458

Country	USA
Brand	Agate Bolden
Manufacturer	Agate Bolden
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781572842458
ReleaseDate	2019-02-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781572842458

The Last Thing You Surrender: A Novel of World War II

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