Six Years in the Hanoi Hilton

An Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in Vietnam

By: Amy Shively Hawk, Senator John McCain - foreword

Narrated by: Traber Burns, Caroline Shaffer, Michael Braun

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.

Take this tribute for what it is

This is a loving tribute from a daughter to get remarkable father. It's a good story.
Don't expect professional writing. Don't expect any nuance about the war.

The narration is flat. Every sentence intoned exactly the same, as if each sentence was written as a statement of defiance. It's a short book though and not to hard to get through even with the narration.

Worth a listen for a free book.

I can't even imagine.

very interesting account. I had heard so many and accounts from this Era, I thought there would be no surprises left to hear. I was wrong. This story tells things I didn't have a clue about.

hero

absolutely love this book from front to back
jim was a true hero may he rip

The story of the man behind the story

A great book about a man who has endured great heights, deep lows, and who kept himself whole through it all. Highly recommend it for military and professional business leaders.

Great book

This was a great book, took me a day in a half to finish.