Lost in Shangri-la
A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
New York : Harper, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"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.
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.
Subjects:
United States. Army Air Forces -- Search and rescue operations.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Missing in action -- New Guinea.
Survival -- New Guinea.
Aircraft accidents -- New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
Primitive societies -- New Guinea.
Shipwreck survival -- New Guinea.
Survival at sea -- New Guinea.
Airplane crash survival -- New Guinea.
United States. Army Air Forces -- Search and rescue operations.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Missing in action -- New Guinea.
Survival -- New Guinea.
Aircraft accidents -- New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
Primitive societies -- New Guinea.
Shipwreck survival -- New Guinea.
Survival at sea -- New Guinea.
Airplane crash survival -- New Guinea.
ISBN:
9780061988349
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Zuc | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.