Author: Zamperini, Louis; Rensin, David (with); McCain, Senator John (foreword).
Title: Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival As a Japanese Pow in World War II.
Description: New York Harper / HarperCollins, 2011. 1st this ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minimal edgewear, remainder stripe. 297 pp. Louis Zamperini tells his story in his own words. He had a full life as a world-class NCAA miler, a 1936 Olympian, and as a WW2 bombardier. In 1943, it all changed in an instant when his B-24 crashed into the Pacific Ocean, leaving Louis and two other survivors drifting on a liferaft for 47 days and 2000 miles. They finally reached land, only to be captured by the Japanese. Louis spent the next two years as a prisoner of war. The Army Air Corps declared him dead and sent official condolences to his family. This is a remarkable true story of accomplishment, glory, disaster, survival, and true heroism made famous by Laura Hillenbrand in her book Unbroken. This is a story of the brutality of war, the tenacity of the human spirit, and the power of forgiveness. ISBN: 9780062393333

Keywords: biography, autobiography, military, world war 2 (ww2), prisoners of war (pows), pacific, asia, japan, sport, olympics 9780062393333


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