FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES AUTHOR JAMES BRADLEY
COMES A NEW MASTERPIECE
FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES AUTHOR JAMES BRADLEY
COMES A NEW MASTERPIECE
JAMES BRADLEY
Son of famed Iwo Jima Corpsman “Doc” Bradley, young James caddied for Coach Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers, was President of his Class at the University of Notre Dame, and had self-funded his own travel around the globe—visiting twenty-two countries by the time he was twenty-two.
He danced with Tina Turner in Tokyo, was jailed in solitary confinement in an underground U.S. military cell in West Germany, founded his own multi-million-dollar corporation with offices in Manhattan and Tokyo, and produced shows with Bob Hope, Ella Fitzgerald, Jay Leno, Ray Charles, and Tony Bennett.
But…
At the age of thirty-six, James was broke and living in a tent at Base Camp atop Mount Everest. Determined not to descend from the world’s highest mountain until he figured out what to do with his life, James stumbled upon a soot-covered, grimy book—the only one at Base Camp.
Encouraged by a famous author to become one himself, James was inspired. He saddled up his three yaks, descended to civilization, and went on to author five groundbreaking worldwide bestsellers.
James Bradley is...
- Global Guy – At the age of twenty-two James self-funded a circumnavigation of the globe. He hitchhiked across the U.S., then off to Japan and made his way across Asia on the Hippie Trail to Europe where he knocked doors selling in Germany and Italy to refill his coffers to return back to the U.S. for his university degree. James had been through twenty-two countries. Now, a half a century later, he has lived and worked everywhere except the polar caps.
- America’s Pacific Historian. Authored five books about America’s involvement in Hawaii, the Philippines, Guan, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China and Vietnam.
- #1 New York Times Bestselling author: Flags of Our Fathers, FLYBOYS, The Imperial Cruise and The China Mirage.
- Spent over ten years living in Vietnam researching his latest book, Precious Freedom.
- Son of Iwo Jima hero John Bradley
- Caddied for Coach Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers
- President of his class at the University of Notre Dame
- Danced with Tina Turner in Tokyo
- Shook hands with the Empress of Iran and the week later was roughed up by SAVAK, her husband the Shah’s secret police
- Spent two days unconscious in the American Embassy Clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan
- Held three days in solitary confinement in an underground U.S. military prison in West Berlin, Germany
- Worked with Bob Hope, Jay Leno, Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald
- Was a champion cliff jumper in Negril, Jamaica
- President of companies in New York and London
- Discovered his desire to be an author while living broke in a tent at Mount Everest base camp
- Was in South Africa to witness the release of Nelson Mandela
- Walked among lions in Botswana
- James’s first book, the New York Times #1 bestseller Flags of Our Fathers, was rejected 27 times, many more times than the first books of Laurence Peter (16); Irving Stone (17); Thor Heyerdahl (20); Richard Bach (22); Richard Hooker (22); Dr. Seuss (23)
- Dined in the White House family quarters
- Slept in an American president’s home
- Was portrayed by two different actors as a child and an adult by two different actors in Clint Eastwood’s movie Flags of Our Fathers
- Lived for years on islands: Manhattan (New York), Fire Island (New York), Jamaica, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Hawaii, Penghu Islands (Taiwan), Con Dao (Vietnam) and is currently residing on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.
The story of the Iwo Jima flag-raising, six Marines including Bradley’s father, immortalized in WWII. A moving portrait of heroism, sacrifice, and powerful myths that shaped American memory.
Reveals the ordeal of nine U.S. pilots, among them President George H. W. Bush, shot down over the Pacific. A harrowing WWII account of courage, survival, and the brutal reality of war.
Reveals Theodore Roosevelt’s 1905 diplomatic mission led by William Howard Taft, reshaping U.S.–Asia relations. A forgotten act of empire that sowed conflict, altering history and global power decades later.
Exposes America’s illusion of China—where Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry Luce, and others embraced Chiang Kai-shek as a savior, ignoring Mao’s rise. This misreading fueled disastrous wars.
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