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Hardcover 256 pages (March 30, 1992)
Publisher: William Heinemann
ISBN: 0434448443
with Tess Stimson
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Synopsis:
Jackie Mann, a 75-year-old British pub-keeper in Beirut and a WW II Spitfire
pilot, was picked up on the street one morning in 1989 by Palestinian
terrorists and held hostage for two and a half years. Kept in chains and
isolation, Mann, the oldest of all the hostages taken in the Middle East, kept
up a stoic spirit that brought him through the ordeal.
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His wife, Sunnie, never knew if he was alive but stayed on in war-torn Beirut,
waiting for word.
Alternately, Jack and Sunnie each recount the drama of their daily lives in
homely detail, drawing a picture of mutual devotion and staunchness of spirit.
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