The Yobo: A Novel of Korea [Hardcover]

Whalen M. Wehry (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 457 pages
• Publisher: Hollym Intl (December 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0930878388
• ISBN-13: 978-0930878382
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,623,459 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I left the farms and coal fields of Pennsylvania and was assigned to the U.S. Army as an infantryman and combat correspondent in the hostile fire zone north of the Imjin River in 1967. I traveledd around the country a lot and early on realized that Koreans were well worth defending and knowing.
I had to stop by the U.S. Forces Korea at times and every time I went into the lobby I saw these stoic photos of generals who commanded since the war started in 1950.
I was raised around the sons and daughters of immigrants to the coal region, and I loved the crossing of cultures.
I sensed there was much more to the Korean-American story and spent the next 15 years researching, reading reports and talking to old-timers.
What I discovered prompted me to write Corean Dawn, which I hope you will enjoy. It is my sincere hope that the book can help with understanding of how Korea came to be what it is today.

W.M.Wehry

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent historical fiction of korea, September 22, 1997

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Armed and ready (atlanta ga) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Yobo: A Novel of Korea (Hardcover)

excellent historical fiction story of korea in the same genre as shogun by james clavell. read this many years ago when i was living in the country but am unable to find it here in the usa

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sequels, November 6, 2010

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JAN - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Yobo: A Novel of Korea (Hardcover)

For all those who have lived, worked or traveled to Korea, you can now reread the adventures of Timothy Tubert (The Yobo: A Novel of Korea) as a Kindle e-Book, 'Corean Dawn' and the soon to be uploaded 'Corean Dusk.' These two novels by Whelan W. 'Butch' Wehry have been rewritten in all their nail-biting suspense. And, his sequel, 'Seoul' will be out shortly which picks up Tubert's later years as he passes the mantel to Pae, Na Na, a beautiful Korean lady who buries her 'Hadaboji' in the Land of the Morning Calm. I was privileged to read The Yobo in its manuscript form and again in the printed hardcover. But, Wehry has brought back this epic with more insight about the people who lived in the Korean peninsula so the public may get an inside glimpse as to the Hermit Kingdom's reluctance to welcome the outside world and the difficult years during the Japanese occupation. He recounts the Korea War (1950-1953) in his sequel, 'Seoul' which covers the heart-rending drama of the separation of Korean families torn apart and the separation of families even unto today. I highly recommend reading all three of Wehry's novels as they shed a light on a nation still unknown to the western world.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book, December 31, 2005

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Dutch "Dutch" (Chattanooga, TN) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Yobo: A Novel of Korea (Hardcover)

I first read this book when it was originally released. At the time I was stationed at Camp Casey in Korea. It started me on studying the history of Korea and the Far East. I highly recommend this novel for anyone with an interest in Korean and far east history, and to soldiers stationed there. Over the years, my original copy was borrowed and never found its way home, and its fortunate that I found it here on Amazon and can purchase another copy.