| Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War Contributor(s): Henderson, Bruce (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061571377 ISBN-13: 9780061571374 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - Vietnam War - History | Military - Aviation |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.47" W x 7.98" (0.54 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1960's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of And the Sea Will Tell comes Hero Found: the incredible but true story of Dieter Dengler, the only pilot to escape captivity from a POW camp in the Laotian jungle during the Vietnam War. This amazing story of triumph over seemingly insurmountable odds has been filmed by Werner Herzog as both a documentary (Little Dieter Needs to Fly) and a motion picture (Rescue Dawn, starring Christian Bale), and now receives its book treatment from Bruce Henderson, who served with Dengler in Vietnam |
Contributor Bio(s): Henderson, Bruce: - Bruce Henderson has written more than twenty books, including the national bestseller Hero Found and Rescue at Los Baños. Henderson served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61) during the Vietnam War. He lives in Menlo Park, California. |