Unbroken : an extraordinary true story of courage and survival
Hillenbrand, Laura2011
Book
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. Only one crew member survived: a young lieutenant named Louis Zamperini. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War, as Zamperini is driven to the limits of endurance.
Main title:
Unbroken : an extraordinary true story of courage and survival / Laura Hillenbrand.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Fourth Estate, 2011.
Collation:
xvi, 473 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Random House, 2010.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780007378012 (hbk)0007378017 (hbk)9780007378029 (ebook)0007378025 (ebook)
Dewey class:
940.5'47252'092A940.547252HIL940.547252940.5472
Language:
English
Subject:
Zamperini, Louis, 1917-United States. Army Air Forces. Heavy Bombardment Group, 307thSurvival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etcWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, JapanesePrisoners of war -- United States -- BiographyLong-distance runners -- United States -- BiographyWarfare and Defence
BRN:
296518