{"product_id":"legendary-tomes-9781400064168","title":"Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption","description":"\u003cp\u003e#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: 2014’s Unbroken and the upcoming Unbroken: Path to Redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAhead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Unbroken\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] one-in-a-billion story . . . designed to wrench from self-respecting critics all the blurby adjectives we normally try to avoid: It is amazing, unforgettable, gripping, harrowing, chilling, and inspiring.”—New York\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Staggering . . . mesmerizing . . . Hillenbrand’s writing is so ferociously cinematic, the events she describes so incredible, you don’t dare take your eyes off the page.”—People\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A meticulous, soaring and beautifully written account of an extraordinary life.”—The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ambitious and powerful . . . a startling narrative and an inspirational book.”—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Marvelous . . . Unbroken is wonderful twice over, for the tale it tells and for the way it’s told. . . . It manages maximum velocity with no loss of subtlety.”—Newsweek\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Moving and, yes, inspirational . . . [Laura] Hillenbrand’s unforgettable book . . . deserve[s] pride of place alongside the best works of literature that chart the complications and the hard-won triumphs of so-called ordinary Americans and their extraordinary time.”—Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hillenbrand . . . tells [this] story with cool elegance but at a thrilling sprinter’s pace.”—Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Unbroken is too much book to hope for: a hellride of a story in the grip of the one writer who can handle it.”—Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Laura Hillenbrand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Random House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2010\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781400064168\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Legendary Tomes","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47931266564274,"sku":"BR-1400064163-11-1-29","price":11.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/5855\/4802\/files\/booksrun-9781400064168-cover.jpg?v=1787376261","url":"https:\/\/legendarytomesbooks.com\/products\/legendary-tomes-9781400064168","provider":"Legendary Tomes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}