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UNBROKEN: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Hillenbrand, Laura
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1400064163
- ISBN 13
- 9781400064168
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.: Random House, 2010. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Laura Hillenbrand is the author of SEABISCUIT, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, winner of the Book Sense Book of the Year Award, and was the basis for the seven-times Academy Award-nominated film.. UNBROKEN is the basis of the movie of the same name directed by Angelina Jolie about Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner and Army Air Forces bombadier who crashed into the sea, was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during WW II, and survived all kinds of extremities and lived to tell the tale. As new, unread, first edition, second printing, in as new, mylar-protect dust jacket. [BUND]
Synopsis
Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Seabiscuit: An American Legend, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, won the Book Sense Book of the Year Award and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, landed on more than fifteen best-of-the-year lists, and inspired the film Seabiscuit, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Hillenbrand’s New Yorker article, “A Sudden Illness,” won the 2004 National Magazine Award, and she is a two-time winner of the Eclipse Award, the highest journalistic honor in Thoroughbred racing. She and actor Gary Sinise are the co-founders of Operation International Children, a charity that provides school supplies to children through American troops. She lives in Washington, D.C.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022010
- Title
- UNBROKEN: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
- Author
- Hillenbrand, Laura
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1400064163
- ISBN 13
- 9781400064168
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY 10010, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 473
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Product_type
- 2
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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