Unbroken : an Olympian's journey from airman to castaway to captive / Laura Hillenbrand.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385742511
- ISBN: 0385742517
- ISBN: 9780375990625
- ISBN: 0375990623
- Physical Description: 307 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2014]
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Adapted for young adults." Original version published: New York : Random House, ©2010. Includes index. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The one-boy insurgency -- Run like mad -- The torrance tornado -- Plundering Germany -- The red circle -- The flying coffin -- "This is it, boys" -- Dying in droves -- Five hundred and ninety-four holes -- "The whole island was blowing up" -- "Nobody's going to live through this" -- Downed -- Missing at sea -- Thirst -- Sharks and bullets -- Singing in the clouds -- Typhoon -- A dead body breathing -- "No one knows you're alive" -- Farting for Hirohito -- Belief -- Plots afoot -- Monster -- Hunted -- "He's alive!" -- Madness -- Falling down -- Enslaved -- Two hundred and twenty punches -- The boiling city -- The naked stampede -- Cascades of pink peaches -- Mother's Day -- The shimmering girl -- Coming undone -- The body on the mountain -- Twisted ropes -- The promise -- Daybreak. |
Summary, etc.: | "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. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader 6.4. |
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Genre: | Biographies. Juvenile works. |
Available copies
- 58 of 61 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Chester Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 61 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Chester Public Library | J 940.54 HIL (Text) | 33210000526141 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
Chester Public Library | J 940.54 HIL (Text) | 33210000526513 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Author Notes
Unbroken (the Young Adult Adaptation) : An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
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)