| Edition |
First large print edition. |
| Description |
xix, 776 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [649]-729) and index. |
| Summary |
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. 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. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. |
| Note |
GMD: large print. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.7 24.0 144668. |
| Subject |
Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
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United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 307th.
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Long-distance runners -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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| ISBN |
9780375435010 lg. print $27.00 |
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0375435018 lg. print $27.00 |
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