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Bruce Henderson

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Bruce Henderson is the author of more than twenty nonfiction books, including a #1 New York Times that was made into a highly-rated network miniseries. His books have been published in more than two dozen countries. His latest book is Midnight Flyboys: The American Bomber Crews and Allied Secret Agents Who Aided the French Resistance in World War II. He is also the author of Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler, the NYT bestseller about "The Ritchie Boys" being developed for a feature film. He won the coveted 2023 Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize in recognition of the best English language book published in the field of American military history for Bridge ...more

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Bruce Henderson The best thing about being a NONFICTION writer is that I get to tell real stories about real people. In the process, I've taken some incredible journe…moreThe best thing about being a NONFICTION writer is that I get to tell real stories about real people. In the process, I've taken some incredible journeys and met some amazing individuals with whom I would otherwise not have crossed paths.(less)
Bruce Henderson By doing something other than sitting in front of a blank monitor. Get up, move around, take a walk, empty the garbage for the third time that day. Th…moreBy doing something other than sitting in front of a blank monitor. Get up, move around, take a walk, empty the garbage for the third time that day. Then, when you are ready, go back to thinking about the story you want to tell. That usually puts me in a hurry to get back to writing. The best way to start or restart? "Write the truest sentence that you know." (Thank you Ernest Hemingway.) (less)
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Sons and Soldiers: The Unto...

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Fatal North: Murder and Sur...

4.18 avg rating — 1,330 ratings — published 2001 — 19 editions
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Hero Found: The Greatest PO...

4.33 avg rating — 1,280 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions
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Rescue at Los Baños: The Mo...

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Trace Evidence: The Hunt fo...

4.06 avg rating — 909 ratings — published 1998 — 17 editions
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True North: Peary, Cook, an...

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Down to the Sea: An Epic St...

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Midnight Flyboys: The Ameri...

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“nearly 60 percent of the credible intelligence gathered in Europe came from Ritchie Boys.”
Bruce Henderson, Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler

“Stories untold are too often stories lost.”
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“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”
Ernest Hemingway

“Stories untold are too often stories lost.”
Bruce Henderson

“Hours before his death in 1955 from a ruptured abdominal aortic ayeurysm, Albert Einstein's doctors proposed trying a new and unproven surgery as a final option for extending his life. Einstein refused. "I have done my share," he said. "It is time to go. I will do it elegantly.”
Albert Einstein

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