a heroic Olympian's astonishing story of survival as a Japanese POW in World War II /
Louis Zamperini with David Rensin.
1st Perennial ed.
New York :
Perennial,
2004.
xii, 292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
illustrations, map ;
21 cm
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2003 by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers."--Title page verso.
The author recalls how he was captured by the Japanese in 1943 after his plane went down in the Pacific Ocean, the two years of imprisonment and torture, his return home after his family was told he was dead, and how he was able to overcome alcoholism and depression.
Zamperini, Louis,1917-2014.
Zamperini, Louis,1917-2014.
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