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Lost in Shangri-la a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II / Mitchell Zuckoff.

Zuckoff, Mitchell. (Author).

Summary:

Describes the 1945 odyssey of three plane crash survivors in New Guinea who endured a harrowing journey through the jungle to seek help, their encounter with a primitive tribe who had never seen white people, and their eventual rescue by a band of paratroopers.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062065049
  • ISBN: 0062065041
  • Physical Description: xi, 545 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: 1st HarperLuxe edition, larger print
  • Publisher: New York : HarperLuxe, [2011].

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Harper, ©2011.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 542-545) and index.
Subject:
United States. Army Air Forces > Search and rescue operations.
World War, 1939-1945 > Missing in action > New Guinea.
Survival > New Guinea.
Aircraft accidents > New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 > Search and rescue operations > New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 > Search and rescue operations > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
Anthropology > New Guinea.
Prehistoric peoples > New Guinea.
Shipwreck survival > New Guinea.
Survival at sea > New Guinea.
Airplane crash survival > New Guinea.
Rescue work > New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations.
Genre:
Large print books.

Available copies

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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