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Unbroken an Olympian's journey from airman to castaway to captive

"The New York Times bestseller adapted for young adults. On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane 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 y...

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Main Author: Hillenbrand, Laura.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Delacorte Press, [2014]
Edition: First edition [adapted for young adults].
Subjects:
Zamperini, Louis, > 1917-2014 > Young adult nonfiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese > Young adult nonfiction.
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography > Young adult nonfiction.
Prisoners of war > Japan > Biography > Young adult nonfiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American > Young adult nonfiction.
Long-distance runners > United States > Biography > Young adult nonfiction.
Olympic athletes > United States > Biography > Young adult nonfiction.
Biographies > Young adult.
Summary: "The New York Times bestseller adapted for young adults. On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane 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 sagas of the Second World War. The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini."--Jacket.
Item Description: "Adapted for young adults."
Original version published: New York : Random House, ©2010.
Includes index.
Physical Description: 307 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780385742511
0385742517
9780375990625
0375990623
9780307975652
0307975657
Author Notes: Laura Hillenbrand was born in Fairfax, Virginia on May 15, 1967. She studied at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, but was forced to leave before graduation because she contracted chronic fatigue syndrome. She has been writing about history and thoroughbred racing since 1988 and has been a contributing writer and editor at Equus magazine since 1989. Her work has appeared in many other publications including The New Yorker, American Heritage, ABC Sports Online, Thoroughbred Times, Talk, and The Backstretch. Her 1998 American Heritage article on Seabiscuit won her an Eclipse Award for outstanding feature article. In 2004, she won the National Magazine Award for the New Yorker article, A Sudden Illness.

Her first book Seabiscuit: An American Legend won the Book Sense Nonfiction Book of the Year Award and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2001. She served as a consultant on the Universal Pictures movie Seabiscuit, which was based on her book. Her second book, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, a biography of World War II hero Louis Zamperini, was also made into a movie.

She was honored by the Turf Publicists of America for her contributions to the sport of thoroughbred racing with the 36th annual Big Sport of Turfdom award, making her just the fifth woman to win the award.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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