The Final Storm: A Novel of the War in the Pacific by Jeff Shaara & Paul Michael (Reader)
Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (May 17, 2011) | ISBN: 0307912108 | Language English | Audio CD in M4b / AAC | 575 MB
A Letter from Author Jeff Shaara
Though Hollywood has given us countless ways to dramatize the Second World War in the Pacific, the challenge for me was to bring to the reader a story that isn’t simply a rehash of everything you’ve heard before. And, where Hollywood is often less concerned with keeping the history accurate, I have always felt that if I’m going to tell any story like this, “getting it right” is key. When dealing with World War II, my research often included conversations with living veterans, and ignoring their truth just to “beef up” the tale, does an incredible injustice to what those veterans accomplished…