About the Book: Unbroken Film tie-in edition
Now a major film directed by Angelina Jolie to be released in 2014, this is the
true story of one incredibly resilient WWII flier from the author of Seabiscuit.
On a May afternoon in 1943, a US bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean. After an
agonising delay, a young lieutenant finally bobbed to the surface and struggled
aboard a life raft. So begins one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the
Second World War. The lieutenants name was Louis Zamperini. As a boy, he turned
to petty crime until he discovered a remarkable talent for running, which took
him to