Beggar's Island: Koje-Do, Korea, A Novel of War

by John S. Elmo

Overview

A gripping, absorbing tale of the Korean War and the prison riots on Koje-do during the last year of the Forgotten War.

John S. Elmo’s riveting accounts of what it was like to be in Korea with the U.S. Army in 1953 captures the very essence of being a draftee soldier embroiled in the conflict.

Beggar’s Island, a fast moving novel is written from Elmo’s perspective and experience in being a Company Clerk, a pivotal person involved with the day to day management and leadership of any Army unit. His descriptions of the accounts, characters, interpersonal emotions and actions paint a stirringly realistic explanation of what happened in and around Koje-do during the final phases of the Korean War.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149506767
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	03/04/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

John S. Elmo

Corporal John S. Elmo, Koje-do, Korea 1953

John S. Elmo was the Company Clerk of George Company, 21st Infantry Regiment 24th Division in 1953 while in Koje-do, Korea. After military service, he became a Distinguished Fellow of the American Institute of Interior Designers, recognized for his world wide interiors as well as his furniture, fabric, carpet and wall coverings designs.

His previous novel, written in 2012, Room for Enjoyment tells a tale of the inner workings in a design office.