On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. Only one crew member survived: a young lieutenant named Louis Zamperini. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War, as Zamperini is driven to the limits of endurance.
family for the Sixth War Bond Drive . Sylvia and Louise were given scripts that called for them to speak of Louie as if he were dead . Out of politeness , the Zamperinis read the scripts as written .
Beautifully illustrated throughout, this riveting biography includes more than 100 black-and-white photos.
"A perfect military fantasy: brutal, complex, human and impossible to put down.
From Laura Hillenbrand, the bestselling author of Seabiscuit, comes Unbroken, the inspiring true story of a man who lived through a series of catastrophes almost too incredible to be believed.
Experience the true story of Louis Zamperini and learn to tell the story of what God is doing in your life.
. . Unbroken is wonderful twice over, for the tale it tells and for the way it’s told. . .
This honest memoir takes you into the heart of the gritty realities of the street and a life of addiction. But it is the story of a broken person's history and how God taught her that, in his loving eyes, she is whole.
Louis Zamperini, a clever young delinquent turned Olympic runner, became an airman when the war came.
With stories in various genres about first loves, friendship, war, travel, and more, Unbroken will offer today's teen readers a glimpse into the lives of disabled people in the past, present, and future.
Beautiful Unbroken details Nealon's life of caregiving, from her years as a flying nurse, untethered and free to follow friends and jobs from the Southwest to Savannah, to more somber years in New York City, treating men in a homeless ...