Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption /
Hillenbrand, Laura.
Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption / Laura Hillenbrand. - Random House trade paperback edition. - xviii, 500 p. : ill, map ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-467) 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.
Relates the story of a U.S. airman who survived when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II, spent forty-seven days adrift in the ocean before being rescued by the Japanese Navy, and was held as a prisoner until the end of the war.
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Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014.
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 307th.
United States. Army Air Forces. Heavy Bombardment Group, 307th.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
Prisoners of war--Japan--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
Long-distance runners--United States--Biography.
Military campaigns.
Military operations, Aerial--American.
Prisoners of war.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
Marathon runners.
Pacific Area.
United States.
Biography
D805.J3 / .H55
940.54/7252092 B
Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption / Laura Hillenbrand. - Random House trade paperback edition. - xviii, 500 p. : ill, map ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-467) 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.
Relates the story of a U.S. airman who survived when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II, spent forty-seven days adrift in the ocean before being rescued by the Japanese Navy, and was held as a prisoner until the end of the war.
9780606355988 0606355987
Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975
2013497761
Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014.
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 307th.
United States. Army Air Forces. Heavy Bombardment Group, 307th.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
Prisoners of war--Japan--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
Long-distance runners--United States--Biography.
Military campaigns.
Military operations, Aerial--American.
Prisoners of war.
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
Marathon runners.
Pacific Area.
United States.
Biography
D805.J3 / .H55
940.54/7252092 B