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Unbroken; A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400064163
- ISBN 13
- 9781400064168
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House, 2010 Random House, New York. 2010. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($27.00); light rubbing to panels. Black paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. 473 pp 8vo. The story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete, whose US Army Air Force plane crashed at sea in 1943. He survived the crash, and with other crew members spent months on a raft drifting in the Pacific Ocean before being captured and imprisoned by the Japanese. His survival in a POW camp is a story of the miracle of the will to live and a true testament to the resilience of the human spirit, mind and body. A clean near pristine edition.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012663
- Title
- Unbroken; A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
- Author
- Laura Hillenbrand
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400064163
- ISBN 13
- 9781400064168
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC, LOUIS ZAMPERINI, OLYMPIC GAMES OF 1936, PRISONER of war, prisoner of the JAPANESE, POW, OMORI prisoner of war CAMP, ARMY AIR FORCES, USAAF, B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER, OFUNA COMPOUND, KWAJALEIN CAMP, alcoholism, religion, reborn,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prisoner of War; Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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