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EAN-13 | 9780660540108 |
Product Name | Unbroken: A World War Ii Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption |
Language | English |
Category | Book / Magazine / Publication |
Short Description | Height:9.25 inches / Length:1.38 inches / Weight:1.8 pounds / Width:6.26 inches |
Amazon.com | Buy on Amazon ~ 1400064163 |
SKU | NU-BNT-00616588 |
Price New | 4.50 US Dollars (curriencies) |
Price Used | 0.49 US Dollars (curriencies) |
Width | 1.3 inches (convert) |
Height | 9.9 inches (convert) |
Length | 6.8 inches (convert) |
Weight | 28.8 ounces (convert) |
Author | Laura Hillenbrand |
Page Count | 473 |
Binding | Hardcover |
Published | 11/16/2010 |
Features | Great product! |
Long Description | 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. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. In her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit . Telling an unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. |
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