Goodbye, Darkness

In this intensely powerful memoir, America's preeminent biographer-historian, who has written so brilliantly about World War II in his acclaimed lives of General Douglas MacArthur (American Caesar) and Winston Churchill (The Last Lion), looks back at his own early life. This memoir offers an unrivaled firsthand account of World War II in the Pacific: of what it looked like, sounded like, smelled like, and most of all, what it felt like to one who underwent all but the ultimate of its experiences. "It belongs with the best war memoirs ever written." -- Los Angeles Times "Manchester speaks of the awesome heroism and hideous suffering of the Marines he lived with and fought with." -- Baltimore Sun William Manchester (1922-2004) was a professor emeritus of history at Wesleyan University. His best-selling books included The Last Lion, a multivolume biography of Winston Churchill, and American Caesar, a biography of Douglas MacArthur. Barrett Whitener has recorded audiobooks since 1992. His recordings have won several awards, including the Audio Publishers Association's Audie Award and four Earphones Awards. AudioFile cited him as among "the best voices of the century." He lives in Washington, D.C.