Unbroken : an Olympian's journey from airman to castaway to captive /
"On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane 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 st...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Delacorte Press,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane 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 sagas of the Second World War. The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini."--Book jacket. |
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| Item Description: | "Adapted for young adults." Original version published: New York : Random House, c2010. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 307 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780385742511 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0385742517 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780375990625 (library binding : alk. paper) 0375990623 (library binding : alk. paper) 9780307975652 (ebook : alk. paper) 0307975657 (ebook : alk. paper) |