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- Description ebook:
- 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 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.
- Appearing in paperback for the first time—with twenty arresting new photos and an extensive Q&A with the author—Unbroken is an unforgettable testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit, brought vividly to life by Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand.
- Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography and the Indies Choice Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year award
- “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal
- “[A] one-in-a-billion story . . . designed to wrench from self-respecting critics all the blurby adjectives we normally try to avoid: It is amazing, unforgettable, gripping, harrowing, chilling, and inspiring.”—New York
- “Staggering . . . mesmerizing . . . Hillenbrand’s writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you don’t dare take your eyes off the page.”—People
- “A meticulous, soaring and beautifully written account of an extraordinary life.”—The Washington Post
- “Ambitious and powerful . . . a startling narrative and an inspirational book.”—The New York Times Book Review
- “Magnificent . . . incredible . . . [Hillenbrand] has crafted another masterful blend of sports, history and overcoming terrific odds; this is biography taken to the nth degree, a chronicle of a remarkable life lived through extraordinary times.”—The Dallas Morning News
- “An astonishing testament to the superhuman power of tenacity.”—Entertainment Weekly
- “A tale of triumph and redemption . . . astonishingly detailed.”—O: The Oprah Magazine
- “[A] masterfully told true story . . . nothing less than a marvel.”—Washingtonian
- “[Hillenbrand tells this] story with cool elegance but at a thrilling sprinter’s pace.”—Time
- “Hillenbrand [is] one of our best writers of narrative history. You don’t have to be a sports fan or a war-history buff to devour this book—you just have to love great storytelling.”—Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Product Details
- Pdf,epub,mobi: 528 pages
- Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition (July 29, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0812974492
- ISBN-13: 978-0812974492
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