Bibliograph

Unbroken, an Olympians journey from airman to castaway to captive, Laura Hillenbrand

Type

Label

Unbroken, an Olympians journey from airman to castaway to captive, Laura Hillenbrand

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Unbroken

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

883332077

resource.readingGradeLevel

850, Lexile

Responsibility statement

Laura Hillenbrand

Sub title

an Olympians journey from airman to castaway to captive

Summary

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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor