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Books : Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
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: Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II
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by: Louis Zamperini, David Rensin

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9780060934217
ISBN: 0060934212
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2004-02
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: February 03, 2004
Sales Rank: 358500
Studio: Harper Paperbacks



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On May 27, 1943, Louis Zamperini's B-24 crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Louis and two other survivors found a raft amid the wreckage and waited for rescue. Instead, they drifted two thousand miles for forty-seven days. Their only food: two shark livers and three raw albatross. Their only fresh water: sporadic rainfall.



On the forty-seventh day, close to death, Zamperini was captured by the Japanese. Thus began more than two years of torture and humiliation as a prisoner of war.



Zamperini survived and returned home a hero. The celebration was short-lived -- he plunged into drinking and the depths of rage and despair. It would take years, but with the love of his wife and the power of faith he was able to stop the nightmares that haunted him, overcome the drinking that imprisoned him, and lay to rest the ghosts of war.



A stirring memoir from one of the greatest of 'the Greatest Generation,' here is a living document about the brutality of war, the tenacity of the human spirit, and the power of forgiveness.





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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - An amazing man; an incredible story, a must read!!
Louis Zamperini was an amazing man, and his life story is so well written I have read it 3 times myself, recommended this book to many and sent it as gifts. I have never heard anything but high praise for the book. I read with disappointment the negative review by Belmonte who had to read it for a history class; my hat goes off to the teacher who recommended it. It made me sad that students of this generation would find reading about someone like Zamperini, a true hero of the "Greatest Generation", such a bore.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Couldn't put this one down!
This tale reads like Candide or Forest Gump, but of course this isn't fiction. The life of Louis Zamperini is, in a word, incredible; it's no wonder that they know as the Greatest Generation. Anyone who is interested in WWII, military service, or survival tales will enjoy this story. This is a must read!


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Worst Book I've Ever Read
This book has no plot and constantly repeats itself. He alo takes much of the time to promote the books of his other POW friends. The only touching pat of the book is one passge that lasts about a page. DON'T READ!!! I had to read it for a histroy class, but I had such a hard time staying focused on such a bad book!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Devil at My heels
Having received this book as a Christams gift from a buddy of mine , it is an absolutelly astonishing and wonderful read!
A great story of a one of what we now call "The Greatest Generation".
My buddy was a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association's crew that travels with a world war two bomber called FUDDY DUDDY, and while at Van Nuys California airport , he met Louis Zamperini personally and told me Mr Zamperini just kind of "hung out" with the FUDDY DUDDY crew in April 2005 for about three days and shared his stories with them.
So my buddy bought two copies from Louis Zamperini and asked him to autograph them, so I received mine for Christmas 2005.
What a great story and hope someday I can meet Louis Zamperini!
He is truly an American Hero!

This review written by
Edward DeBolt
Grabill, Indiana



 

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