| Lost in Shangri-La Lib/E: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II Contributor(s): Zuckoff, Mitchell (Read by) |
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ISBN: 150465319X ISBN-13: 9781504653190 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $53.99 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - United States - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 940.548 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 7" W x 6.4" (0.65 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A lost world, man-eating tribesmen, lush andimpenetrable jungles, stranded American fliers (one of them a dame withgreat gams, for heaven's sake), a startling rescue mission. . . . This is atrue story made in heaven for a writer as talented as Mitchell Zuckoff. Whew-what an utterly compelling and deeplysatisfying read -Simon Winchester, author of Atlantic Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoffunleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War IIrescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S.military personnel into a land that time forgot. Fans of Hampton Sides' Ghost Soldiers, Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor, and David Grann's The Lost Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff's masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of danger, daring, determination, and discovery injungle-clad New Guinea during the final days of WWII. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zuckoff, Mitchell: - Mitchell Zuckoff is a professor of journalism at Boston University. Previously, he was a reporter and writing coach for the Boston Globe, where he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting. He has won the Distinguished Writing Award from the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Livingston Award, and the Heywood Broun Award, among other national honors. He received a master's degree from the University of Missouri and was a Batten Fellow at the University of Virginia. He lives outside Boston. |