Unbroken
Louis Zamperini - An Extraordinary True Story of Courage and Survival
Hillenbrand, Laura
"One of the most remarkable survival tales ever recorded."
On a May afternoon in 1943, a US bomber crashed into the
Pacific Ocean. After an agonising delay, a young lieutenant
finally bobbed to the surface and struggled aboard a life raft. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini. As a boy, he turned to petty crime until he discovered a remarkable talent for running, which took him to the Berlin Olympics. But as war loomed, he joined up and was soon embroiled in the ferocious battle for the Pacific.
Now Zamperini faced a journey of thousands of miles of open ocean on a failing raft, dogged by sharks, starvation and the enemy. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini's fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would depend on the strength of his will...
Paperback
473 Seiten / pages
photos and map
very good condition
London - 2012 - Fourth Estate
Art.Nr. 13601