num_pages: 20
description: He had dreamed as a youngster of being a military man. Marrying shortly after high school, he was drafted by the army in 1956 and sent to Vietnam in 1963. Jim Thompson might have led a perfectly ordinary life had he not been captured just three months after arriving in Vietnam, becoming one of the first Americans taken prisoner and, ultimately, the longest-held prisoner of war in American history. Thompson's epic story and that of his family are brought to life in this searing reconstruction of one man's torturous journey through war and its aftermath. This is an exceptionally nuanced and moving portrait of a man, a family, and a nation.
language: English
title: Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner
titlecomplete: Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner
genres: History, War, Biography, Nonfiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 163
publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.