from Donna828

The three words in the subtitle -- survival, resilience, and redemption -- are at the very heart of this book. This is an excellent narrative history about what it takes to survive the horrors of being a Japanese POW during WWII. Hillenbrand chooses to tell this survival story through the experie...

from Mav-n-Libby

This was recommended to me and I wasn't sure at first. I don't always love war stories and biographies are typically hit or miss with me. But I REALLY enjoyed this! I listened to the audio book and this was just so captivating and such an unbelievable story. How this man lived through this, is ju...

from Donna828

The three words in the subtitle -- survival, resilience, and redemption -- are at the very heart of this book. This is an excellent narrative history about what it takes to survive the horrors of being a Japanese POW during WWII. Hillenbrand chooses to tell this survival story through the experie...

from msf59

Louie Zamperini began life as a fleet-footed juvenile delinquent. After a healthy nudge from his older brother, he finds himself in high school track and is quickly smashing state records and suddenly qualifies for the 1936 Olympics. He performs honorably, with his sights firmly on the '40 Olympi...

from cbcmedia

The incredible and almost unbelievable story of Louie Zamperini and many others as they suffered and fought for our freedom. I can't imagine how these men were able to withstand all that was thrown at them. The plane crash, the dozens of days on a raft in the Pacific Ocean, only to be found and s...