Lost in Shangri-La

ZUCKOFF,M

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Author
ZUCKOFF,M
Publish Date
04/01/2012
Book Type
paperback
Publisher Name
HARPER
Subtitle
A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Number of Pages
432
Edition
Reprint
ISBN-10
0061988359
ISBN-13
9780061988356
SKU
9780061988356

Description

A New York Times bestseller, the extraordinary World War II mission to rescue survivors of a U.S. military plane crash in an isolated corner of the South Pacific, and the ancient indigenous tribe members that aided those stranded on the ground in this "Shangri-La."

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.