A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running that carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when WWII began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. Against all odds, Zamperini survived, adrift on a foundering life raft. Driven to the limits of endurance, he would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humour; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.
Laura Hillenbrand, 2014
Paperback, Very Good
500 pages
428g
21 x 14 x 3.3 cm