Description
Signed first edition of When Hell Was in Session by Rear Admiral Jeremiah A. Denton Jr., U.S. Navy.
Octavo, xvi, 248pp. The first edition, with the same date printed on title and copyright pages. Solid text block, appears unread. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $29.95 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.
When Hell Was In Session tells the story of author Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton’s eight years as a prisoner of war in the Hoa Lo Prison during the Vietnam War. He was a part of the Hanoi March in 1966 and was later the first American to step off the plane after a successful release from prison during Operation Homecoming. Denton’s story was adapted into a film by Hal Holbrook in 1979.
