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Jul 29, 2014 · by Laura Hillenbrand (Author) 4.7 75,887 ratings. Editors' pick Best History. See all formats and editions. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.
Nov 16, 2010 · Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption. Laura Hillenbrand. 4.38. 939,414 ratings50,515 reviews. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is a 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken is a biography of World War II veteran Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in the Pacific Theater, spent 47 days drifting on a raft, and then survived more than two and a half years ...
Jul 29, 2014 · Both author Laura Hillenbrand and narrator Edward Herrmann share the muse for biography. Hillenbrand (SEABISCUIT) captures the particulars of a captured WWII bomber pilot’s travails of surviving torture and deprivation beyond our abilities to imagine.
Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography and the Indies Choice Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year award. “Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal.
Dec 4, 2014 · Unbroken. Paperback – December 4, 2014. by LAURA HILLENBRAND (Author) 4.7 75,799 ratings. Editors' pick Best History. See all formats and editions. Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner, 2010. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared.
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Nov 11, 2014 · Kindle $9.99. Rate this book. Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive. Laura Hillenbrand. 4.54. 7,000 ratings689 reviews. The #1 New York Times bestseller, which is also a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie, has now been adapted by the author for young adults.
Nov 19, 2010 · “Unbroken” is gripping in an almost cinematic way. In only one sense does it disappoint, but it’s important: that is, in its portrait of the hero himself.
Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. 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.
Unbroken Summary. In Torrance, California in the early 1930s, a young boy named Louis “Louie” Zamperini spends his childhood stealing, pulling pranks, and getting into fights. Seeing Louie heading down the wrong path, his older brother Pete helps focus Louie’s unrestrained energies into running track.
