by Brian Payton
The war in the Aleutians was relatively small in the context of the global conflict, and yet some five hundred thousand people took part. Dozens of ships, hundreds of planes, and an estimated ten thousand lives were lost. Journalists were ordered out of the region, military censorship was tight, and most of the campaign was fought beyond view of the civilian press.
These events are forgotten footnotes in the history of the Second World War.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BRIAN PAYTON has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Boston Globe. He is the author of Shadow of the Bear: Travels in Vanishing Wilderness, which was chosen as a Barnes & Noble Book Club pick, a Pearl’s Pick on NPR, and a National Outdoor Book Awards Book of the Year. The Ice Passage: A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness and his novel Hail Mary Corner were published to acclaim in Canada. He lives with his family in Vancouver.
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ALSO BY BRIAN PAYTON
FICTION
Hail Mary Corner
NONFICTION
Shadow of the Bear: Travels in Vanishing Wilderness
The Ice Passage: A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness
CREDITS
Cover design by Allison Saltzman.
Cover photographs: parachute © by Blackwaterimages/Getty Images, parachutist © by Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy, sky © by Kennan Ward/Corbis
COPYRIGHT
“So Long It’s Been Good to Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust).” Words and music by Woody Guthrie. Copyright © 1940, 1950, 1951, 1963 (copyrights renewed) Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. & Folkways Music Publishers, Inc., New York, NY. Administered by Folkways Music Publishers, Inc. International copyright secured. Made in U.S.A. All rights reserved including public performance for profit. Used by permission.
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“In the Mood.” Written by Joseph Garland. Used by permission of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured.
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
THE WIND IS NOT A RIVER. Copyright © 2014 by Brian Payton. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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