
A FATHER, A SON, AND AN EXTRAORDINARY ACT OF HEROISM THAT CONTINUES TO LIVE ON TODAY
Spanning seven decades and linking a sprawling cast of heroes from every corner of the country, No Surrender is an unforgettable story of a father’s extraordinary acts of valor in the treacherous final days of World War II and a son’s journey to discover them.
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About the Book
Like most members of the Greatest Generation, Roddie Edmonds, a humble American soldier from East Tennessee, rarely spoke about his experiences during World War II. Not even his son Chris—who always considered his father a hero—knew the full details of Roddie’s capture at the Battle of the Bulge or his captivity at Stalag IXA, a Nazi POW camp. But when Chris’s daughter was assigned a family history project, Chris reread Roddie’s wartime diaries, which set in motion a series of life-changing events.
Called to learn his father’s story with a renewed sense of passion and purpose, Chris embarked on a years-long journey, interviewing surviving POWs under Roddie’s command, and retracing his father’s footsteps, from Fort Jackson, Georgia, where a boyish Roddie transformed into a seasoned leader of men, to the patch of grass near Zeigenhein, Germany, where he stared evil in the eye and dared a Nazi to shoot.
Chris Edmonds, along with New York Times bestselling author Douglas Century, takes us to the front lines of this inspiring multigenerational story, revealing in gripping, novelistic detail Roddie’s previously untold heroism—and the lasting effects his bravery had on the lives of thousands, then and now. “What was most remarkable about my journey to discover what my father did during the war,” Chris writes, “was the realization that any one of us has the untapped potential to do something incredibly courageous. We all have the potential to change the world simply by standing up for what’s right.”
A quintessential American story of bravery, compassion, and righteousness, No Surrender is a shining example of the transformative and redemptive power of moral courage and a celebration of faith, family, and service, the very characteristics that continue to define us today.
Service and Sacrifice - Video Credit: WBIR-TV
No Surrender Book Tour & Appearances
October 10 2019 - Knoxville, TN 6:45-8:30 PM
Books-A-Million - meet and greet and book signingOctober 11 2019 - Pigeon Forge, TN 6:45-8:00 PM
Books-A-Million - meet and greet and book signingOctober 12 2019 - Nashville, TN 10:00 AM
Southern Festival of Books - panel discussion and book signingOctober 15 2019 - Chicago, IL 6:30 PM
Bookstall @ Glenview Community Church - meet and greet and book signingOctober 16 2019 - Chicago, IL 5:30-7:00 PM
57th Street Books Seminary Co-op - meet and greet and book signingOctober 17 2019 - Skokie, IL 6:00-8:00 PM
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center - speak and book signingOctober 20 2019 - Maryville, TN 2:00-4:00 PM
Piney Grove Baptist Church - JFR documentary screening, speak, q&a, and book signingOctober 22 2019 - Huntsville, AL 6:30-8:00 PM
Books-A-Million - meet and greet and book signingOctober 23 2019 - Montgomery, AL 7:00 PM
Books-A-Million (Montgomery/East Chase) - meet and greet and book signingOctober 28 2019 - Oxford, MS 5:00-6:30 PM
Square Books - meet and greet and book signingOctober 29 2019 - Jackson, MS 4:30-6:00 PM
Lemuria Books - meet and greet and book signingOctober 30 2019 - Nashville, TN 6:30-8:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Vanderbilt University - meet and greet and book signingNovember 10 2019 - Atlanta, GA 12:00 PM
Marcus JCC Atlanta Book Festival - speak, q&a, and book signingNovember 11 2019 - Columbia, SC 7:00 PM
Columbia Jewish Film Festival - film screening, speak, q&a and book signingNovember 13 2019 - Radio Interview 8:20 PM
Lars Larson ShowNovember 15 2019 - Radio Interview 5:30-6:30 PM
Hallerin Hilton Hill ShowNovember 21 2019 - Radio Interview 10:35 PM
Breitbart NewsDecember 7 2019 - Fort Campbell, KY 11:00-1:30
Fort Campbell - speak and book signingDecember 8-10 2019 - New York City
TV Satellite TourDecember 16 2019 - Radio Interview 10:45 AM
Dave Malarkey WISR-AM/Pittsburgh, PAJanuary 10 2020 - Townsend, TN 4:00-7:00 PM
Blount County Historical Museum - speak, q&a and book signingJanuary 16 2020 - Dallas, TX 7:00 PM
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum - panel discussion and book signingJanuary 28 2020 - Miami, FL 10:00-11:00 AM
Community College - speak and q&aJanuary 28 2020 - Miami, FL 7:00-8:00 PM
Jewish Synagogue - speak, q&a, and book signingJanuary 30 2020 - Knoxville, TN 7:00 PM
Republican Jewish Coalition - speak, q&a and book signingFebruary 6 2020 - Knoxville, TN 6:30 PM
Gettysvue Book Club - speak, q&a and book signingFebruary 10-11 - San Antonio, TX
CUFI Leadership ConferenceMarch 4 2020 - Radio Interview 5:00 PM
In His Sign Network/Rosemont, PAMarch 12, 2020 - Maryville, TN
Blount County Book Club - speak, q&a and book signingMarch 28 2020 - Townsend, TN
Local Authors Book SigningApril 19 2020 - Charleston, SC 2:30-4:30 PM
Yom HaShoah Program - speakingApril 21 2020 - Washington DC
Adas Israel Congregation - Garden of the Righteous CeremonyApril 29 2020 - Washington, NJ 2:00 PM
Warren County Community College - speak, q&a and book signingMay 7 2020 - St. Petersburg, FL 6:30-8:30 PM
Florida Holocaust Museum - speak, q&a and book signingMay 13 2020 - Middletown, NJ 9:00 AM
CChange Presentation - Brookdale College - film screeningJune 28-30 2020 - Washington, DC
CUFI SummitSeptember 9-13 2020 - Kansas City, KS
106th Infantry ReunionSeptember 26-30 2020 - Los Angeles, CA
Temple of the Arts - Day of Atonement - speak, q&a, and event appearanceNovember 8, 2020 - Maryville, TN
Victory Baptist Church - speakNovember 11, 2020 - Oak Ridge, TN 11:00 AM
ORNL - Veteran's Day Program - speak,