Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World WarII

Brendan I. Koerner

Penguin Group US, May 29, 2008 - History - 400 pages

An epic saga of hubris , cruelty, and redemption, Now the Hell Will Start tells the remarkable tale of the greatest manhunt of World War II. Herman Perry, besieged by the hardships of the Indo-Burmese jungle and the racism meted out by his white commanding officers, found solace in opium and marijuana. But on one fateful day, Perry shot his unarmed white lieutenant in the throes of an emotional collapse and fled into the jungle.

Brendan I. Koerner spent nearly five years chasing Perry's ghost to the most remote corners of India and Burma. Along the way, he uncovered the forgotten story of the Ledo Road's GIs, for whom Jim Crow was as powerful an enemy as the Japanese-and for whom Herman Perry, dubbed the jungle king, became an unlikely folk hero.

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Review: Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World WarII

User Review  - Eddy Allen - Goodreads

A true story of murder, love, and headhunters, Now the Hell Will Start tells the remarkable tale of Herman Perry, a budding playboy from the streets of Washington, DC, who wound up going native in the ...

Review: Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World WarII

User Review  - Jason Mccue - Goodreads

While this had some interesting history of the Ledo Road - I think they should have focused on that instead of focusing on Perry. While his "man hunt" was interesting it was far from being the biggest ...

About the author

A contributing editor at Wired whose work appears regularly in The New York Times and Slate, Brendan I. Koerner was named one of Columbia Journalism Review’s Ten Young Writers on the Rise. For more information on Now the Hell Will Start, visit www.nowthehellwillstart.com.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World WarII
• Author: Brendan I. Koerner
• Publisher: Penguin Group US, 2008
• ISBN: 1440633878, 9781440633874
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Historical; History / Military / World War II