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Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II Cover Image Book

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

True story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II (portion title)
Zuckoff, Mitchell. (Author).

Summary:

Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoff unleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War II rescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S. military personnel into the jungle-clad land of New Guinea.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0061988340
  • ISBN: 0062093584
  • ISBN: 9780061988349
  • ISBN: 9780062093585
  • Physical Description: xii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, [2011]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Missing -- 2.Hollandia -- 3.Shangri-La -- 4.Gremlin Special -- 5.Eureka! -- 6.Charms -- 7.Tarzan -- 8.Gentleman Explorer -- 9.Guilt and Gangrene -- 10.Earl Walter, Junior and Senior -- 11.Uwambo -- 12.Wimayuk Wandik, aka "Chief Pete" -- 13.Come What May -- 14.Five-by-Five -- 15.No Thanksgiving -- 16.Rammy and Doc -- 17.Custer and Company -- 18.Bathtime for Yugwe -- 19."Shoo, Shoo Baby" -- 20."Hey, Martha!" -- 21.Promised Land -- 22.Hollywood -- 23.Gliders? -- 24.Two Queens -- 25.Snatch.

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Subject:
United States. Army Air Forces > Search and rescue operations.
Aircraft accidents > New Guinea.
Airplane crash survival > New Guinea.
Anthropology > New Guinea.
Prehistoric peoples > New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Missing in action > New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 > Search and rescue operations > New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 > Search and rescue operations > United States.

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

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