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Hillenbrand, Laura.
Unbroken :
a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption /
Laura Hillenbrand.
1st ed.
New York :
Random House,
2010.
xviii, 473 pages :
illustrations, map ;
25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-457) and index.
The one-boy insurgency -- Run like mad -- The Torrance tornado -- Plundering Germany -- Into war -- The flying coffin -- "This is it, boys" -- "Only the laundry knew how scared I was" -- Five hundred and ninety-four holes -- The stinking six -- "Nobody's going to live through this" -- Downed -- Missing at sea -- Thirst -- Sharks and bullets -- Singing in the clouds -- Typhoon -- A dead body breathing -- Two hundred silent men -- Farting for Hirohito -- Belief -- Plots afoot -- Monster -- Hunted -- B-29 -- Madness -- Falling down -- Enslaved -- Two hundred and twenty punches -- The boiling city -- The naked stampede -- Cascades of pink peaches -- Mother's Day -- The shimmering girl -- Coming undone -- The body on the mountain -- Twisted ropes -- A beckoning whistle -- Daybreak.
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.
20200917.
William Hill Sports Book of the Year, 2010.
Zamperini, Louis,
1917-2014.
United States
Army Air Forces
Bombardment Group, 307th.
World War II
1939-1945
Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War II
1939-1945
Aerial operations, American.
World War II
1939-1945
Campaigns
Pacific Area.
Prisoners of war
United States
Biography.
Prisoners of war
Japan
Biography.
Long-distance runners
United States
Biography.
Military campaigns.
Military operations, Aerial
American.
Biography.