Lost in Shangri-La: 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: 1504653203 ISBN-13: 9781504653206 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats 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: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 5.9" (0.55 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 and the author of five previous books, including the New York Times bestseller Lost in Shangri-La, which won the Winship/PEN Award for Nonfiction. As a reporter for the Boston Globe, he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and won the Distinguished Writing Award from the American Society of Newspaper Editors. He lives in Newton, Massachusetts. |