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Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption / Laura Hillenbrand.
Relates the story of a U.S. airman who survived when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II, spent forty-seven days adrift in the ocean before being rescued by the Japanese Navy, and was held as a prisoner until the end of the war.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780812974492
- ISBN: 0812974492
- ISBN: 9780812987119
- ISBN: 081298711X
- ISBN: 9780606355988
- ISBN: 0606355987
- Physical Description: xviii, 500 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Edition: Random House trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014.
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Text is copyright 2010. This edition includes a new Reader's guide copyright 2014. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-467) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The one-boy insurgency -- Run like mad -- The Torrance tornado -- Plundering Germany -- Into war -- The flying coffin -- "This is it, boys" -- "Only the laundry knew how scared I was" -- Five hundred and ninety-four holes -- The stinking six -- "Nobody's going to live through this" -- Downed -- Missing at sea -- Thirst -- Sharks and bullets -- Singing in the clouds -- Typhoon -- A dead body breathing -- Two hundred silent men -- Farting for Hirohito -- Belief -- Plots afoot -- Monster -- Hunted -- B-29 -- Madness -- Falling down -- Enslaved -- Two hundred and twenty punches -- The boiling city -- The naked stampede -- Cascades of pink peaches -- Mother's day -- The shimmering girl -- Coming undone -- The body on the mountain -- Twisted ropes -- A beckoning whistle -- Daybreak -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- A Reader's guide. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | 940.5472 Z26zh 2014 (Text) | 33126023102357 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | 940.5472 Z26zh 2014 (Text) | 33126022892735 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |