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Hello! I hope you will help me share the story of these amazing American POW women! They are an important part of our history. This little known story of courage and sacrifice will renew your faith in the resilience of the human mind, body and spirit.
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PURE GRIT: HOW AMERICAN WWII NURSES SURVIVED BATTLE AND PRISON CAMP IN THE PACIFIC comes out February 25th. Any mention of PURE GRIT would be enormously helpful. I could never have written the book without the help of so many people, and I continue to be amazed by and grateful for people’s generous support of the book. Thank you!
I am available to speak to groups about how writing and researching this book inspired me to live more fully. The women of PURE GRIT taught me how important it is to have a purpose each day, and how courage springs from many small decisions.
Do not hesitate to e-mail or phone me if you can't find what you need on this page. MaryCronkFarrell(at)gmail(dot)com or 509-838-5371.
PURE GRIT’s release coincides with Women's History Month. I’d love to guest blog in March to help celebrate.
Don’t forget to let me know about anything you publish about PURE GRIT, so I can post a link on the On the Web page.
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PURE GRIT: A STORY OF RESILIENCE & SURVIVAL
I’m excited to announce my friend Mary Cronk Farrell has a new book! PURE GRIT is a story of resilience & survival.
American forces on Corregidor Island surrendered under a hot sun at noon, May 6, 1942. After five months of brutal combat nursing, 68 American women became Japanese prisoners of war. The horrors of prison camp awaited them--disease, starvation, and humiliation by their guards.
With ingenuity and dedication to duty, the U.S. Army and Navy women set up a hospital and cared for other prisoners as long as they had the strength to rise from their pallets. For three years behind barbed wire the women would turn suffering into humor, hope and the will to survive. Their pure grit testifies to the resilience of the human mind, body and spirit.
Be sure to add this link to my book trailer!
Book Description
Nine hours after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they attacked American bases in the Philippines. One hundred American military nurses stationed at those bases were hit with an on-onslaught of wounded and dying men--but the women had never been trained in combat medicine!
They had deployed to the Philippine Islands to enjoy a life of ease in a tropical paradise. The Army and Navy nurses rose to the occasion and learned combat nursing while bombs exploded around them.
When American forces retreated into the jungle, the women went ahead and set up combat hospitals. They were the first large group of American women ordered into combat. When American forces eventually surrendered on Bataan and Corregidor--the women were captured by the Japanese and 77 of them spent three years in prison camps before being liberated by General MacArthur's men in 1945.
The last of the nurses alive, Mildred Dalton Manning, died this past March at age 98. I interviewed her for the book before her death. My research also included transcribed interviews with a dozen other nurse, interviews with family members. PURE GRIT tells the story of these brave women's survival through diaries, documents and rare historical photos. The little known story of their courage and sacrifice will renew your faith in the resilience of the human mind, body and spirit.
Thank you for helping me share the story of these amazing women! Their courage and sacrifice are an important part of our history.
Hello! I hope you will help me share the story of these amazing American POW women! They are an important part of our history. This little known story of courage and sacrifice will renew your faith in the resilience of the human mind, body and spirit.
Please Tweet and help spread the word PURE GRIT (thank you!)
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PURE GRIT: HOW AMERICAN WWII NURSES SURVIVED BATTLE AND PRISON CAMP IN THE PACIFIC comes out February 25th. Any mention of PURE GRIT would be enormously helpful. I could never have written the book without the help of so many people, and I continue to be amazed by and grateful for people’s generous support of the book. Thank you!
I am available to speak to groups about how writing and researching this book inspired me to live more fully. The women of PURE GRIT taught me how important it is to have a purpose each day, and how courage springs from many small decisions.
Do not hesitate to e-mail or phone me if you can't find what you need on this page. MaryCronkFarrell(at)gmail(dot)com or 509-838-5371.
PURE GRIT’s release coincides with Women's History Month. I’d love to guest blog in March to help celebrate.
Don’t forget to let me know about anything you publish about PURE GRIT, so I can post a link on the On the Web page.
Useful Links (click on red)
- Book Trailer with rare historical film of American POWs Click Here
- List of Nurses serving in the Philippines December 7, 1941 (identified by home state)
- Raab Associates Media Kit for PURE GRIT (press release, book cover, my bio & headshot)
- About me
- Excerpt of PURE GRIT
- Videos relating to PURE GRIT
- Publishers website Abrams Books
- Contact Raab Associates Marketing/Publicity
- Like or share on Facebook (Thanks!)
- Twitter @MaryCronkFarrel
- My Author Newsletter to start your weekend with uplifting news worth thinking about.
- History Matters videos on YouTube
- My Blog
- My Agent Stephen Fraser, The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
Sample Blurb you can use to
Plug PURE GRIT
PURE GRIT: A STORY OF RESILIENCE & SURVIVAL
I’m excited to announce my friend Mary Cronk Farrell has a new book! PURE GRIT is a story of resilience & survival.
American forces on Corregidor Island surrendered under a hot sun at noon, May 6, 1942. After five months of brutal combat nursing, 68 American women became Japanese prisoners of war. The horrors of prison camp awaited them--disease, starvation, and humiliation by their guards.
With ingenuity and dedication to duty, the U.S. Army and Navy women set up a hospital and cared for other prisoners as long as they had the strength to rise from their pallets. For three years behind barbed wire the women would turn suffering into humor, hope and the will to survive. Their pure grit testifies to the resilience of the human mind, body and spirit.
Be sure to add this link to my book trailer!
Book Description
Nine hours after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they attacked American bases in the Philippines. One hundred American military nurses stationed at those bases were hit with an on-onslaught of wounded and dying men--but the women had never been trained in combat medicine!
They had deployed to the Philippine Islands to enjoy a life of ease in a tropical paradise. The Army and Navy nurses rose to the occasion and learned combat nursing while bombs exploded around them.
When American forces retreated into the jungle, the women went ahead and set up combat hospitals. They were the first large group of American women ordered into combat. When American forces eventually surrendered on Bataan and Corregidor--the women were captured by the Japanese and 77 of them spent three years in prison camps before being liberated by General MacArthur's men in 1945.
The last of the nurses alive, Mildred Dalton Manning, died this past March at age 98. I interviewed her for the book before her death. My research also included transcribed interviews with a dozen other nurse, interviews with family members. PURE GRIT tells the story of these brave women's survival through diaries, documents and rare historical photos. The little known story of their courage and sacrifice will renew your faith in the resilience of the human mind, body and spirit.
Thank you for helping me share the story of these amazing women! Their courage and sacrifice are an important part of our history.
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PURE GRIT: A STORY OF RESILIENCE & SURVIVAL
I’m excited to announce my friend Mary Cronk Farrell has a new book! PURE GRIT is a story of resilience & survival.
American forces on Corregidor Island surrendered under a hot sun at noon, May 6, 1942. After five months of brutal combat nursing, 68 American women became Japanese prisoners of war. The horrors of prison camp awaited them--disease, starvation, and humiliation by their guards.
With ingenuity and dedication to duty, the U.S. Army and Navy women set up a hospital and cared for other prisoners as long as they had the strength to rise from their pallets. For three years behind barbed wire the women would turn suffering into humor, hope and the will to survive. Their pure grit testifies to the resilience of the human mind, body and spirit.
I’m excited to announce my friend Mary Cronk Farrell has a new book! PURE GRIT is a story of resilience & survival.
American forces on Corregidor Island surrendered under a hot sun at noon, May 6, 1942. After five months of brutal combat nursing, 68 American women became Japanese prisoners of war. The horrors of prison camp awaited them--disease, starvation, and humiliation by their guards.
With ingenuity and dedication to duty, the U.S. Army and Navy women set up a hospital and cared for other prisoners as long as they had the strength to rise from their pallets. For three years behind barbed wire the women would turn suffering into humor, hope and the will to survive. Their pure grit testifies to the resilience of the human mind, body and spirit.