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Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

“A lost world, man-eating tribesmen, lush andimpenetrable jungles, stranded American fliers (one of them a dame withgreat gams, for heaven's sake), a startling rescue mission... This is atrue story made in heaven for a writer as talented as Mitchell Zuckoff. Whew — what an utterly compelling and deeplysatisfying read!" —Simon Winchester, author of Atlantic

 

Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoffunleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War IIrescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S.military personnel into a land that time forgot. Fans of Hampton Sides’ Ghost Soldiers, Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor, and David Grann’s The Lost Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff’s masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of danger, daring, determination, and discovery injungle-clad New Guinea during the final days of WWII.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 384
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-06-198834-9
  • EAN
  • 9780061988349
  • Settings
  • Dutch New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
  • Genres
  • history, war, adventure, survival, historical, biography, audiobook
  • Release date
  • 2011