Unbroken: A WWII Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (Movie Tie-in Edition) by Hillenbrand, Laura - 2014

NY: Random House, 2014. 1st Edition Thus. Paperback. Near Fine-Collectible. SECOND PRINTING. Includes Reading Group Guide. 5.5"x8.25" 500 numbered index pags. Book design by Casey Hampton. Made into a major motion picture w/Universal. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped ($16.00), & unmarked. Soft shelf wear. Corners barely turned up. Secure ship w/track #. In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived, adrift on a foundering life raft. Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, 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. Goodreads.