ALEX KERSHAW

Alex Kershaw is the author of the widely acclaimed and best-selling books, The Bedford Boys, The Longest Winter, and The Few, as well as two biographies: Jack London, and Blood and Champagne: The Life and Times of Robert Capa. His latest book is Escape from the Deep . He has been a journalist and screenwriter in Britain and now lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Photograph of Alex Kershaw
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Escape from the Deep tells the epic story of the U.S.S. Tang, a legendary submarine, and her courageous crew during the last days of World War II. more

“This is one of the most powerful stories of the Pacific war, poignant, gripping, and all of it true. Kershaw tells it beautifully.”
— Jim Hornfischer, author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors

The Few is the never-before-told story of the thrill-seeking Americans who defied their country's neutrality laws to fly side-by-side with England's finest pilots. more

"Like his other books, Kershaw has written a rousing tale of little-known heroes . . . The Few marks Kershaw as a master storyteller." — Booklist

The Longest Winter is an intensely human story about young men who find themselves in frightening wartime situations, who fight back instinctively, survive stoically, and live heroically. more

"A moving story of uncommon valor."
— James Bradley, author, Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys

Twenty-two sons of Bedford lost—it is a story one cannot easily forget and one that the families of Bedford will never forget. The Bedford Boys is the true and intimate story of these men and the friends and families they left behind. more

"Gripping .... It's through books like this that those brave men, who fought so others could be free, live on." — Dallas Morning News

From Budapest in the twenties to Paris in the thirties, from postwar Hollywood to Stalin's Russia, from New York to Indochina, Blood and Champagne is a wonderfully evocative account of photojournalist Robert Capa's life and times.. more