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Bill Lascher, Eve of a Hundred Midnights
Sponsored by Peninsula Arts & Letters and Kepler's
Tuesday, July 12, 2016 7:30pm
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025
Get ready to explore the hidden history of World War II when Keplers welcomes journalist Bill Lascher to tell the story he uncovers in Eve of a Hundred Midnights. This phenomenal new book tells the story of the captivating true-life romance between two American reporters who fell in love amid the maelstrom of WWII-era Asia and whose escape and reunion is one of the greatest untold story from that devastating war.
With a hand-in-hand leap from a burning dock onto the last boat out of Manila Harbor on New Year's Eve, 1941 (just three weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor), newlywed journalists Melville Jacoby and Annalee Whitmore embarked on a not-so-typical honeymoon. The couple, who shared a remarkable passion for China, together reported on the besieged Chinese wartime capital of Chongqing, the fall of Manila and the struggle for Bataan.
Mel and Annalee travelled thousands of miles, avoided capture, survived bombings and air raids, and braved the frontlines of a horrific and brutal war (over 4,000 died in air raid shelter stampede in Chongquing). With their lives depending on staying one step ahead of the approaching Japanese, Mel was forced at one time to make the agonizing decision to burn six hundred typewritten reporting notes mainly detailing how American forces were not yet prepared for battle in the Philippines.
Supported by deep historical research, Lascher recreates the couples thrilling odyssey and their love affair with the Far East and of course, with one another. EVE OF A HUNDRED MIDNIGHTS is a tale of an unquenchable thirst for adventure, of daring reportage at great personal risk, and the power of love.
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LocationKepler's Books (View)
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
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