Title:
Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption / Laura Hillenbrand.
Author:
Hillenbrand, Laura.
Publication Information:
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014.
©2010
Call Number:
D805.J3 Z364 2014
Abstract:
Relates the story of a U.S. airman who survived when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II, spent forty-seven days adrift in the ocean before being rescued by the Japanese Navy, and was held as a prisoner until the end of the war.
Edition:
Random House trade paperback edition.
ISBN:
9780812987119
9780812974492
9780606355988
Physical Description:
xviii, 500 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
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The one-boy insurgency -- Run like mad -- The Torrance tornado -- Plundering Germany -- Into war -- The flying coffin -- "This is it, boys" -- "Only the laundry knew how scared I was" -- Five hundred and ninety-four holes -- The stinking six -- "Nobody's going to live through this" -- Downed -- Missing at sea -- Thirst -- Sharks and bullets -- Singing in the clouds -- Typhoon -- A dead body breathing -- Two hundred silent men -- Farting for Hirohito -- Belief -- Plots afoot -- Monster -- Hunted -- B-29 -- Madness -- Falling down -- Enslaved -- Two hundred and twenty punches -- The boiling city -- The naked stampede -- Cascades of pink peaches -- Mother's day -- The shimmering girl -- Coming undone -- The body on the mountain -- Twisted ropes -- A beckoning whistle -- Daybreak.
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