{"product_id":"the-forgotten-highlander-an-incredible-wwii-story-of-survival-in-the-pacific","title":"The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific","description":"\u003cp\u003eA remarkable story of survival during World War IIa Scottish soldier that survived work camps  five days adrift at sea  and the atomic bomb! Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders  captured by the Japanese in Singapore. Forced into manual labor as a POW  he survived 750 days in the jungle working as a slave on the notorious Death Railway and building the Bridge on the River Kwai. Subsequently  he moved to work on a Japanese hellship  his ship was torpedoed  and nearly everyone on board the ship died. Not Urquhart. After five days adrift on a raft in the South China Sea  he was rescued by a Japanese whaling ship.  His luck would only get worse as he was taken to Japan and forced to work in a mine near Nagasaki. Two months later  he was just ten miles from ground zero when an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. In late August 1945  he was freed by the American Navya living skeletonand had his first wash in three and a half years.  This is the extraordinary story of a young man  conscripted at nineteen  who survived not just one  but three encounters with death  any of which should have probably killed him. Silent for over fifty years  this is Urquharts inspirational tale in his own words. It is as moving as any memoir and as exciting as any great war movie. 24 color illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946636111925,"sku":"ByrdShop_161608152X","price":57.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781616081522.jpg?v=1769958261","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-forgotten-highlander-an-incredible-wwii-story-of-survival-in-the-pacific","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}