Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Title: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Author: Hillenbrand, Laura ISBN: 9780812974492 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Published: 2014 Binding: Paperback Language: English Publisher Description: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more.In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived, adrift on a foundering life raft. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, thirst and starvation, enemy aircr