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Mercy's Heroes: The Fight for Human Dignity in the Bangkok Slums Hardcover – December 7, 2021

by Tom Crowley (Author)
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In Mercy's Heroes, a Vietnam veteran battling with PTSD turns from the business world to life as a volunteer, helping to rescue and protect street kids in Bangkok's biggest slum.

Here Tom Crowley details the children's efforts to survive abuse and the struggle for dignity waged by the poorest of families. Interwoven throughout, the author's combat experiences and pain highlight the question of how to find personal reconciliation amid the struggles of abused children in the slums. In his efforts to help others, he gains a spiritual understanding worth much more than his financial loss. At the same time, he learns, "You must consign the failures to the burden the angels can carry and let go of the guilt."

This story will resonate with all those who want to gain a deeper insight into social work at the street level. The successes are to be celebrated-the losses mourned. Mercy's Heroes portrays the healing that is to be found in helping others.

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  1. Print length
    190 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Koehler Books
  4. Publication date
    December 7, 2021
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.69 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    164663537X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1646635375
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Tom Crowley served in Vietnam as a rifle platoon leader with the 25th Infantry Division, was wounded in action, and received awards for heroism. He battled with PTSD during his thirty-year corporate career in Asia and subsequently volunteered and spent fourteen years working with the Mercy Centre, a street kid's charity in Bangkok, Thailand. He is a member of the Military Writer's Society of America (MWSA), the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), and the International Thriller Writers (ITW). His previous works include the non-fiction Bangkok Pool Blues and Shrapnel Wounds, and action/adventure fiction set in Thailand: Viper's Tail, Murder in the Slaughterhouse, which won a bronze award from MWSA, and Bangkok Gamble.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Koehler Books (December 7, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 190 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 164663537X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1646635375
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.13 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.69 x 9 inches
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Tom Crowley’s origins are in the American Midwest. His education was at Marquette University and the John Hopkins University School of International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC. His career has spanned service in the U.S.. Army as an infantry rifle platoon leader serving in combat in Vietnam where he was wounded and awarded medals for valor. It was exposure to Japan, during a period of medical treatment that led to his fascination with Asia. He joined the U.S. State Department as a Foreign Service Officer specializing in economic analysis of Asian countries. He subsequently joined the General Electric company of the U.S. to become the first country manager in Korea. He continued working with GE and other power generation and investment firms, living in almost every country in Asia for a twenty-five year period until the Asian financial crash in 1997.

Living in Thailand at the time of the crash he decided to explore a different path in life and volunteered at the Mercy Centre, a Bangkok based NGO working to provide education to the poorest slum children, provide shelter for street children and treatment for children and adults with Hiv/Aids. Tom has continued with programs assisting street kids to this time. His writing reflects his varied experiences living and working in Asia. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the Military Writers Society of America. He divides his time between a home in Kensington, Maryland in the U.S. and Bangkok.

His primary writing interest is in creating good action/adventure fiction built around the character of Matt Chance, an ex US Army ranger wounded in action and retired in Bangkok. Tom enjoys the writing of both Connellys, Michael and John, Elmore Leonard, and Stephen Hunter amongst others.

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A poignant description of kind, respectful assistance to children in need, in Bangkok, along with perspective from the author’s experiences serving in Vietnam. Very interesting and somehow hopeful, in spite of the hard realities described.
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Deborah
5.0 out of 5 stars Insight into the poorest of the poor in the Bangkok slums
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2022
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When my wife Deborah and I first volunteered at the Mercy Centre twenty years ago, we were introduced to Tom Crowley. He became our advisor, confidant, and friend. Tom's insights into the Mercy Centre and the Klong Toey slums are right on. Over ten years of traveling back and forth from California to volunteer at
Mercy, we got to see firsthand Tom's unwavering dedication to the children and the cause. I recommend Mercy's Heroes for its vivid descriptions of life in the Bangkok slums, individual children's stories, and the complex world of an NGO.
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A. G. Killgrove
5.0 out of 5 stars A Definite Informative & Inspirational Read!
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2022
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I'm a definite fan of your work Tom, but this book tops the list. The Mercy Mission is a definite inspiration . My only criticism would be you left out one name from your list of heroes, yours. God bless you Tom and the heroes of Mercy. Keep Up The Fire!

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Joan A. Goodhue
5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend this book highly to everyone
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2022
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A poignant description of kind, respectful assistance to children in need, in Bangkok, along with perspective from the author’s experiences serving in Vietnam. Very interesting and somehow hopeful, in spite of the hard realities described.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend this book highly to everyone
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2022
A poignant description of kind, respectful assistance to children in need, in Bangkok, along with perspective from the author’s experiences serving in Vietnam. Very interesting and somehow hopeful, in spite of the hard realities described.
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John Vogel
5.0 out of 5 stars Living a life that really matters!
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2022
This book is absolutely amazing. We hear so much about "Living a life that matters". In this book Mr. Crowley describes what it means to really live a life that matters. To really do it, not just talk about it. He describes in incredible detail stories from his 14 years volunteering at the Mercy Centre. The chapters he intersperses about his time in Vietnam really bring a personal side to it as well. As someone who has lived in Bangkok, this book is spot on with the picture he paints of the city. Can't recommend it highly enough, this book is just incredible!
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Leonard H. Le Blanc
5.0 out of 5 stars A REAL HUMANITARIAN CONTRIBUTION TO LESS FORTUNATE HERE IN THAILAND
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2022
Some wit once said the rich get ice in summer and the poor get ice in winter. It has also been said that in good times the rich get richer and in bad times the poor get poorer. If there is a rock bottom to the unfortunate here, then it has always been the Klong Toey slums. That location has been long held out as the perfect example of the less privileged and rightfully so.

Tom Crowley, a long-time resident, successful businessman, prolific author, and great humanitarian, has penned a down-to-the-bare-metal look at the Klong Toey slums and the heroic, noteworthy efforts by some to alleviate all the afflictions and indignities the residents face every day. Mercy’s Heroes is an unstinting, unvarnished take on the daily struggle to survive, much less gaining dignity or solace in being extremely poor. But the book offers hope. It chronicles those stalwarts to try their utmost to aid those in grave need. A must-read book.
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