Friendship: A True Story of Adventure, Goodwill, and Endurance

"Friendship: A True Story of Adventure, Goodwill, and Endurance" shares the remarkable life journey of an African boy from the region made famous by the movie "Blood Diamond" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which was nominated for five Academy Awards. That movie brought attention to a rebel war in West Africa in which "blood" diamonds, also known as "conflict" diamonds, were used to finance warlords and their activities.

Two decades before the rebel war Thomas Johnson, a pilot from Minnesota, wa...