''Single Handed'' is a 2015 biographical book by

Daniel M. Cohen Daniel M. Cohen is an American writer, producer, and director. He is the author of the biography ''Single Handed'', about Medal of Honor recipient Tibor Rubin Tibor "Ted" Rubin (June 18, 1929 – December 5, 2015) was a Hungarian-American Army ...

about Holocaust survivor, Korean War hero and

POW A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold prisoners of war ...

, and Medal of Honor recipient Tibor "Teddy" Rubin. As part of his research for the book, Cohen used 40 hours of recorded conversations with Rubin.

Reception

AP writer Jerry Harkavy wrote that ''Single Handed'' "is a story of endurance, bravery and determination that rivals that of

Louis Zamperini Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran and an Olympic distance runner. He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Ber ...

, the hero of Laura Hillenbrand’s ''Unbroken'', the best-seller about a World War II aviator who survived 47 days on a life raft in the Pacific before being held captive and tortured in a Japanese prison". Jack Fischel wrote for the Jewish Book Council that "Daniel M. Cohen provides a riveting account of one of the most courageous heroes of the Korean War". He added that "Cohen describes in detail the “red-tape,” the anti-Semitism and the resistance of the army bureaucracy in thwarting Tibor from receiving the medal". In her review, Sue Brooke wrote that Single Handed is a "compelling true story of one of the most heroic men of the Korean War. At the time he served, he was not even a U. S. citizen". The Forward called the book "riveting".

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