Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.19 (794 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1101912626 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 335 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Zamperini had overcome serious obstacles to become one of the best milers in track and field history" according to Alan L. Chase. Laura Hillenbrand follows her spectacular biography of race horse Seabiscuit with the gripping tale of Louis Zamperini's life and tribulations as a downed airman in WWII. "Unbroken" is written in Hillenbrand's inimitable style, blending global events with personal anecdotes from the lives of Lt. Zamperini and his family and fellow airmen.Prior to the war, Zamperini had overcome serious obstacles to become one of the best milers in track and field history, competing in the 19Zamperini had overcome serious obstacles to become one of the best milers in track and field history Laura Hillenbrand follows her spectacular biography of race horse Seabiscuit with the gripping tale of Louis Zamperini's life and tribulations as a downed airman in WWII. "Unbroken" is written in Hillenbrand's inimitable style, blending global events with personal anecdotes from the lives of Lt. Zamperini and his family and fellow airmen.Prior to the war, Zamperini had overcome serious obstacles to become one of the best milers in track and field history, competing in the 1936 Olympics in Ber. 6 Olympics in Ber. One of the best I've ever read! Amazon Customer I'm a voracious reader. Addicted to reading since I was a young child. I love and read a great deal of history. This book was hands down, one of the best written I've ever read on WWII. Laura Hillenbrand is now as beloved an author to me as Stephen Ambrose. My grandfather spent years in Europe during WWII. My mother tells the story of meeting her father for the first time when he came home after the war. He left when she was a toddler and she has no memories of him before the war. Sadly, ther. WONDERFUL BOOK! GREAT WWII STORY ABOUT WHAT OUR VETERANS WENT THROUGH FOR OUR FREEDOMS What a fantastic book! I read it in only a few sittings. It was so engaging I couldn't put it down. My father also flew in B-2WONDERFUL BOOK! GREAT WWII STORY ABOUT WHAT OUR VETERANS WENT THROUGH FOR OUR FREEDOMS SCOTT CULVER 'SONOFAGUNNER' What a fantastic book! I read it in only a few sittings. It was so engaging I couldn't put it down. My father also flew in B-24 Liberators in WWII. My father, Hank Culver, flew with Jimmy Stewart, the movie actor-turned bomber pilot. They both flew some of the most dangerous missions of the war together in the same squadron - 703rd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group - with the U.S. 8th Air Force based at Tibenham, England. I used this book as a reference for the writing of my first book, Nine Ya. Liberators in WWII. My father, Hank Culver, flew with Jimmy Stewart, the movie actor-turned bomber pilot. They both flew some of the most dangerous missions of the war together in the same squadron - 703rd Bomb Squadron, WONDERFUL BOOK! GREAT WWII STORY ABOUT WHAT OUR VETERANS WENT THROUGH FOR OUR FREEDOMS SCOTT CULVER 'SONOFAGUNNER' What a fantastic book! I read it in only a few sittings. It was so engaging I couldn't put it down. My father also flew in B-24 Liberators in WWII. My father, Hank Culver, flew with Jimmy Stewart, the movie actor-turned bomber pilot. They both flew some of the most dangerous missions of the war together in the same squadron - 703rd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group - with the U.S. 8th Air Force based at Tibenham, England. I used this book as a reference for the writing of my first book, Nine Ya. WONDERFUL BOOK! GREAT WWII STORY ABOUT WHAT OUR VETERANS WENT THROUGH FOR OUR FREEDOMS SCOTT CULVER 'SONOFAGUNNER' What a fantastic book! I read it in only a few sittings. It was so engaging I couldn't put it down. My father also flew in B-24 Liberators in WWII. My father, Hank Culver, flew with Jimmy Stewart, the movie actor-turned bomber pilot. They both flew some of the most dangerous missions of the war together in the same squadron - 703rd Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group - with the U.S. 8th Air Force based at Tibenham, England. I used this book as a reference for the writing of my first book, Nine Ya. 5th Bomb Group - with the U.S. 8th Air Force based at Tibenham, England. I used this book as a reference for the writing of my first book, Nine Ya
As I researched the Depression-era racehorse, I kept coming across stories about Louie, a 1930s track star who endured an amazing odyssey in World War II. The plane plummeted into the sea, leaving Louie and two other men stranded on a tiny raft. After I finished Seabiscuit, I tracked Louie down, called him and asked about his life. I hope you are as spellbound by Louie’s life as I am.. Along the way, there were staggering surprises, and Louie’s unlikely, inspiring story came alive for me. Fascinated by his experiences, and the mystery of how a man could overcome so much, I began a seven-year journey through his story. I found it in diaries, letters and unpublished memoirs; in the memories of his family and friends, fellow Olympians, former American airmen and Japanese veterans; in forgotten papers in archives as far-flung as Oslo and Canberra. It is a tale of daring, defiance, persiste
Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. Telling an unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.Praise for Unbroken “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 amazin