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Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption Cover Image Book Book

Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption

Hillenbrand, Laura (Author).

Summary: 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.

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  • ISBN: 0606355987
  • ISBN: 9780606355988
  • ISBN: 081298711X
  • ISBN: 9780812987119
  • ISBN: 0812974492
  • ISBN: 9780812974492
  • Physical Description: xviii, 500 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
    print
  • Edition: Random House trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014.

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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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United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 307th.
Zamperini, Louis 1917-2014

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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 -
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