Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle

Robert Lyman

Jun 2016 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Derek Perkins

About this audiobook

Flying the notorious "hump route" between India and China in 1943, a twin-engine plane suffered mechanical failure and crashed in a dense mountain jungle. Among the passengers and crew were celebrated CBS journalist Eric Sevareid, a Soviet double-agent posing as an OSS operative, and General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell's personal political adviser. Against the odds, all but one of the twenty-one people aboard the aircraft survived-but they fell from the frying pan into the fire. They landed in wild countryside dominated by the Nagas, notorious headhunters who routinely practiced slavery and human sacrifice. Japanese soldiers lay close by, too, with their own brand of hatred for Americans. Among the Headhunters is the first account of this incredible story.

About the author

Robert Lyman is widely regarded as one of Britain's most talented military historians, with fourteen highly praised books and numerous appearances on television and in documentaries. He was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst into the Light Infantry in 1982 and spent twenty years in the British Army.

A native of the United Kingdom, Audie and AudioFile Earphones Award winner Derek Perkins's audiobook narration skills are augmented by a knowledge of three foreign languages and a facility with accents. He has narrated numerous titles in a wide range of fiction and nonfiction genres. He is a member of SAG-AFTRA.