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1 online resource |
| Summary |
Champion. Survivor.Hero. Legend.Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini's death at age 97, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In shares a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and humor from one of America's most inspiring lives. Zamperini's story has touched millions through Laura Hillenbrand's biography Unbroken, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. Now, in his own words, Louis Zamperini reveals, with warmth and great charm, the essential values and lessons that sustained him throughout his remarkable journey.He was a youthful troublemaker from California who turned his life around to become a 1936 Olympian and a world-class miler at the University of Southern California. Putting aside his superstar track career, Louis Zamperini volunteered for the army before Pearl Harbor and was thrust into the violent combat of World War II as a B-24 bombardier. While on a rescue mission, his plane went down in the middle of the Pacific Ocean,... |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. New York : Dey Street Books, 2014. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1610 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB). |
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Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014.
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Bomber pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
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Track and field athletes -- United States -- Biography.
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Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014 -- Philosophy.
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Survival.
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Conduct of life.
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Self-actualization (Psychology)
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| Added Author |
Rensin, David.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9780062368331 |
| ISBN |
9780062368812 (electronic bk) |
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