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Six Years in the Hanoi Hilton

By: Amy Shively Hawk, Senator John McCain - foreword
Narrated by: Traber Burns, Caroline Shaffer, Michael Braun
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Summary

In 1967, US Air Force fighter pilot James Shively was shot down over North Vietnam. After ejecting from his F-105 Thunderchief aircraft, he landed in a rice paddy and was captured by the North Vietnamese Army. For the next six years, Shively endured brutal treatment at the hands of the enemy in Hanoi prison camps. Back home, his beloved girlfriend Nancy eventually moved on and married another man. Bound in iron stocks at the Hanoi Hilton, unable to get home to his loved ones, Shively contemplated suicide. Yet somehow he found hope - and he became determined to help his fellow POWs survive.

In a newspaper interview several years after his release, Shively said, "I had the opportunity to be captured, the opportunity to be interrogated, the opportunity to be tortured and the experience of answering questions under torture. It was an extremely humiliating experience. I felt sorry for myself. But I learned the hard way life isn't fair. Life is only what you make of it."

Written by Shively's stepdaughter Amy Hawk - whose mother Nancy ultimately reunited with and married Shively in a triumphant love story - and based on extensive audio recordings and Shively's own journals, Six Years at the Hanoi Hilton is a haunting, riveting portrayal of life as an American prisoner of war trapped on the other side of the world.

©2017 Amy Shively Hawk (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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A story detailing the life of a man who has had to endure the worst another man can lay on them and come out the other side a better man. A humble, supportive and honest man. This story could teach annoying how to be a better person. Don't stress life's little stresses.

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Amazing book

Really enjoyed this book. I can’t even imagine being tortured for 6 hours let alone 6 years.

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What A Fantastic Listen.

I listen to audio books when driving lorry. This book was incredible. Very moving. Very well researched. What a Guy ! ( understatement). A legend and a hero. One of the most inspirational stories I’ve ever heard. Fantastic.

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Brilliant..

Amazing story, really enjoyed this production it was nicely balanced showing the incredible hardships we can endure for the slim chance of survival.

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Interesting but lacking in story

Is a great eulogy to what seems a great man. Was i retesting to hear about but there was a bit of a lack of story line- was more informative. Glad it was included in audible and I didn’t pay. Still not bad.

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Excellent read

Awesome book loved it. What an incredible man Jim was. Inspiring , emotional quality listen

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Count your blessings and pay attention

An amazing story of an amazing man in a pointless war. It carries some salutory lessons on how to live your life on the face of adversity and beyond.

All children should be told this story for the sake of avoiding more pointless wars and human suffering.

Jim was a king of a man.

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Amazing

A very good account of the harsh internment of an American POW in North Vietnam. Recommended.

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