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100 1 $aHillenbrand, Laura.
245 10$aUnbroken :$ba World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption /$cLaura Hillenbrand.
246 30$aWorld War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption
250 $aRandom House trade pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bRandom House Trade Paperbacks,$c2014.
300 $axviii, 500 p. :$bill., map, port. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: New York: Random House, 2010; London: Fourth Estate, 2011.
500 $aIncludes A reader's guide.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 417-467) and index.
520 $aIn boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived, adrift on a foundering life raft. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.
600 10$aZamperini, Louis,$d1917-2014.
610 10$aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces.$bBombardment Group, 307th.
650 0$aPrisoners of war$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0$aLong-distance runners$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0$aAirplane crash survival.
650 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, American.
650 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, Japanese.