Description
A New York Times bestseller, the extraordinary World War II mission to rescue survivors of a U.S. military plane crash in an isolated corner of the South Pacific, and the ancient indigenous tribe members that aided those stranded on the ground in this Shangri-La.
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.
Author: Mitchell Zuckoff
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 04/24/2012
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780061988356
ISBN10: 0061988359
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
- History | Military | United States
- History | Oceania