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

Author: Laura HillenbrandBrand: Random HouseColor: MulticolorFeatures: WWII prisoner of war filmBinding: HardcoverNumber Of Pages: 473Release Date: 16-11-2010Part Number: 9781400064168Details: Product Description #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: 2014’s Unbroken and the upcoming Unbroken: Path to Redemption. 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 ra