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Gardner, Ian. Hillenbrand, Laura Hillenbrand, Laura. Murphy, Brian Zuckoff, Mitchell.Hillenbrand, Laura
Summary: In this captivating new young adult edition, the story of a man's breathtaking odyssey and the courage, cunning, and fortitude he found to endure and overcome. This gripping narrative will introduce a new generation to one of history's most thrilling survival epics.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 ZAMPERINI, LOUIS HILHillenbrand, Laura.
Summary: On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. Then, on the ocean surface, the face of a young lieutenant appeared as he struggled to pull himself aboard a life raft. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War as told by the author of "Seabiscuit."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 ZAMPERINI, LOUIS HILLENBRANDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 Zamperini 2010Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD B ZAMPERINICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 940.54 HILZuckoff, Mitchell.
Summary: Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoff chronicles the untold story of an extraordinary World War II rescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S. military personnel into the jungle-clad land of New Guinea.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.548 ZUCMurphy, Brian
Summary: Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned: Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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Summary: The phenomenal story of a remarkable young lieutenant during World War II, following him from the gruelling training at Toccoa right through the eventual collapse of the Third Reich. Gaining a reputation as a stubborn and outspoken soldier who insisted on the highest of standards, Shames didn't always win friends, but that was never his intention--he was more concerned about winning each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015