One day I was reading a 1938 clipping about the horse when I happened to turn the paper over and find a profile of a young running phenomenon named Louie Zamperini. The story of the life of Louie Zamperini is remarkable by any standards. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Whew! After the war, Louie would say that of all the horrors he witnessed and experienced in the war, the death of the little duck, Gaga, was the worst. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. The boy stood on the lawn beside his older brother, head thrown back, spellbound. The residual pain of the war took an enormous toll not only on the veterans, but on their loved ones. What he saw was the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin. On Wall Street, stock prices were racing toward an all-time high. Louie believed he was the beneficiary of several miracles, among them his escape from the wreckage of his plane, the fact that he and the other men were not hit with bullets when their rafts were strafed, and the appearance of the singers in the clouds. He could feel the rumble of the craft's engines tilling the air but couldn't make out the silver skin, the sweeping ribs, the finned tail. 4; Babe Ruth, about to hit his five hundredth home run, wore No. As he grew into his uncommonly clever mind, mere feats of daring were no longer satisfying. —Monica Meehan Berg (daughter of James L. Meehan, Army PFC) I am the namesake of my uncle. . On August 19, as some four million Japanese waved handkerchiefs and shouted "Banzai!" —Lindi Clark (daughter of Richard Allen Marshall, Army sergeant). As slow as the drifting wind, it passed over Torrance, where its only audience was a scattering of drowsy souls, among them the boy in his pajamas behind the house on Gramercy Avenue. The future was looking bright for Zamperini before World War II began, which resulted in the Olympics … Hillenbrand tells a great story of ordinary people caught in the The bravery, unbelievable sacrifices, devotion, patriotism, and tenacity of "The Greatest Generation" should never be forgotten. Up to 50% Off Select Toys and Collectibles, Knock Knock Gifts, Books & Office Supplies, B&N Exclusive Holiday Totes - $4.99 with Purchase, Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, Amerikankata veche ne mulchi: A true story of, An Improbable Journey: A True Story of Courage, Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing, Epidemic Survival Fiction: Five Apocalyptic Stories in One. $6.00 + $3.57 shipping . In her long-awaited book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. He left when she was a toddler and she has no memories of him before the war. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 11, 2014. Alternately stomach-wrenching, anger-arousing and spirit-lifting—and always gripping. These are the virtues that turn history, and these are the virtues that enable individuals to prevail in the supreme trials of their lives. They compounded his misery by holding him back a grade. Though he could be a sweet boy, he was often short-tempered and obstreperous. His ears leaned sidelong off his head like holstered pistols, and above them waved a calamity of black hair that mortified him. . Watching these men struggle to overcome their trauma, I came to believe that a loss of self-worth is central to the experience of being victimized, and may be what makes its pain particularly devastating.” Do you agree? The suffering of the men is often difficult to read, for the details of starvation, thirst and shark attacks are followed by the specifics of the brutalities inflicted by the Japanese, particularly the sadistic Mutsuhiro Watanabe, who seemed dedicated to making Zamperini's life unbearable. Unbroken is our top pick in nonfiction for November, and Hillenbrand answered a few questions about her new book from her home in Washington, D.C. First, we have to ask: How did your life change after Seabiscuit? Does Pete deserve credit for shaping Louie into a man who could endure and survive his Odyssean ordeal? Members save with free shipping everyday! His siblings would recall him careening about, hurdling flora, fauna, and furniture. Emmy Award-winning actor Edward Herrmann, who frequently does voice-over work for the History Channel, uses his rich voice to infuse Hillenbrand's tale with a palpable dramatic flavor, casting Zamperini as a symbol of the American ethos. 3. But it never occurred to anyone to suspect Pete of anything. . 8. Hillenbrand follows Watanabe's life after the Japanese surrender, providing the perfect foil to Zamperini's. What he saw was the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin. Discovering, while scuffling with an enemy at a circus, that adults would give quarters to fighting kids to pacify them, Louie declared a truce with the enemy and they cruised around staging brawls before strangers. .orange-text-color {color: #FE971E;} Explore your book, then jump right back to where you left off with Page Flip. "Pete never got caught," said Sylvia. When a local family left Louie off their dinner-party guest list, he broke into their house, bribed their Great Dane with a bone, and cleaned out their icebox. He tried buying their mercy with his lunch, but they pummeled him anyway, leaving him bloody. I loved him so much and tried so hard to save him but I could not. His disease killed him 36 years ago. It Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. However, he was able to turn it around after meeting Billy Graham, and he became a Christian speaker and traveled to Japan to forgive his tormentors. . By itself, it’s a marvelous tale. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. I selected the Title, “A Detailed Book of the Story of Despair, Hope and Ultimate As he grew into his uncommonly clever mind, mere feats of daring were no longer satisfying. 4; Babe Ruth, about to hit his five hundredth home run, wore No. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Then, to survive the war at a time when Post Traumatic Stress was hardly recognised and many survivors killed themselves or drank themselves into misery or death. He was a puny boy, and in his first years in Torrance, his lungs were still compromised enough from the pneumonia that in picnic footraces, every girl in town could dust him. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2017. What facts and stories were most surprising to you? [The LJ and New York Times best-selling Random hc was recommended "for general readers who like a good story and for World War II history buffs," LJ 10/1/10.—Ed. When Naoetsu was liberated in mid-August 1945, a depleted Louie's only thought was "I'm free! He feigned toughness, but was secretly tormented. What leads individuals, and even whole societies, to descend to such a level? Standing with his frantic mother as the train rolled backward in search of the lost boy, Louie's older brother, Pete, spotted Louie strolling up the track in perfect serenity. Was he justified in doing so? Aloof and bristling, he lurked around the edges of Torrance, his only friendships forged loosely with rough boys who followed his lead. Housewives who stepped from their kitchens would return to find that their suppers had disappeared. Passengers gazing from the windows saw only the ship's shadow, following it along the clouds "like a huge shark swimming alongside." After a record-breaking 47 days adrift on a shark-encircled life raft with his pal and pilot, Russell Allen "Phil" Phillips, they were captured by the Japanese. Louie, lost in alcoholism, rage, anxiety, nightmares, and flashbacks, was sadly typical. When history carried him into war, this resilient optimism would define him. Sailing northeast, the Zeppelin crossed over Russia. a powerfully drawn survival epic.”. tells [this] story with cool elegance but at a thrilling sprinter’s pace.”—Time   “Unbroken is too much book to hope for: a hellride of a story in the grip of the one writer who can handle it. Did he also show weaknesses or tendencies that foreshadowed the struggles he would face postwar? Residents looking out their back windows might catch a glimpse of a long-legged boy dashing down the alley, a whole cake balanced on his hands. Theirs are the stories I’m drawn to. . But his odyssey carried him into the greatest cataclysm in history, giving me the chance to tell a tale vastly broader in scope than that of any single athlete or soldier, one encompassing Hitler’s Olympics, the Pacific war, and the experience of American military airmen, Japanese POW camp guards, prisoners of war, and veterans. After being cheered down the California coast, it slid through sunset, into darkness and silence, and across midnight. 2. He survived being lost at sea and years of horrific abuse as a prisoner of war (POW) in Japan. How do you define heroism? Were you surprised? He and Louise hammered up a one-room shack with no running water, an outhouse behind, and a roof that leaked so badly that they had to keep buckets on the beds. . Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. In Louie’s boyhood, he was severely bullied, then became a delinquent and hell-raiser. the Zeppelin circled Tokyo and sank onto a landing field. Pete Zamperini was handsome, popular, impeccably groomed, polite to elders and avuncular to juniors, silky smooth with girls, and blessed with such sound judgment that even when he was a child, his parents consulted him on difficult decisions. . Whew! When did you realize there was a book in his story? Louie was especially close to his brother, Pete, who devoted himself to him. An object that he could see only in silhouette, reaching across a massive arc of space, was suspended low in theair over the house. Sailing northeast, the Zeppelin crossed over Russia. When he discovered that the cooling tables at Meinzer's Bakery stood within an arm's length of the back door, he began picking the lock, snatching pies, eating until he was full, and reserving the rest as ammunition for ambushes. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. When the clouds parted, the passengers glimpsed giant creatures, turning in the sea, that looked like monsters. Was it foolish, or did it offer a psychological benefit that was worth the enormous risk? Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2017. Cassy is a 33-year-old prepper and single mother, away on business. Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. . . Standing under the airship, his feet bare in the grass, he was transfixed. Louis Post Dispatch“Hillenbrand has once again brought to life the true story of a forgotten hero, and reminded us how lucky we are to have her, one of our best writers of narrative history. At five, he started smoking, picking up discarded cigarette butts while walking to kindergarten. Laura Hillenbrand follows her spectacular biography of race horse Seabiscuit with the gripping tale of Louis Zamperini's life and tribulations as a downed airman in WWII. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. Previous page of related Sponsored Products, Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition (July 29, 2014), Zamperini had overcome serious obstacles to become one of the best milers in track and field history, Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2016. Louis Zamperini was not the kind of boy or man I like to be around - outrageous and daring, a brazen and defiant boundary-pusher, and the true hero of the story might appear to be his faithful brother, Peter. His mother, Louise, was a petite, playful beauty, sixteen at marriage and eighteen when Louie was born. Kids passing into parties would see him lingering outside, unable to work up the courage to walk in. In May 1943 his B-24 crashed into the Pacific. He could have ended the beatings by running away or succumbing to tears, but he refused to do either. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Laura Hillenbrand, Random, $27 (496) ISBN 978-1-4000-6416-8. Schools and Programs | Employment Opportunities | Volunteer | Site Map. He just put his hands in front of his face and took it. I'm a voracious reader. To get even with a railcar conductor who wouldn't stop for him, Louie greased the rails. At "Louie always got caught." Hillenbrand has given us a new national treasure.”—Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run   “Riveting . Hillenbrand wrote that among the former POWs she interviewed, forgiveness became possible once each POW had found a way to restore his sense of dignity. From that day on, he wanted nothing to do with airplanes. In time, land came below again: France, Switzerland, Germany. . And Louie, with his defiant and unbreakable spirit, was Watanabe's victim of choice. He could see only the blackness of the space it inhabited. Addicted to reading since I was a young child. Late one night, Louie climbed the steeple of a Baptist church, rigged the bell with piano wire, strung the wire into a nearby tree, and roused the police, the fire department, and all of Torrance with apparently spontaneous pealing. Your book conveyed an incredible, almost unbelievable experience; about half—way through I simply broke down in tears and began to really understand. But it's just as much a page-turner, and its hero, Louie Zamperini, is just as loveable: a disciplined champion racer who ran in the Berlin Olympics, he's a wit, a prankster, and a reformed juvenile delinquent who put his thieving skills to good use in the POW camps, In other words, Louie is a total charmer, a lover of life--whose will to live is cruelly tested when he becomes an Army Air Corps bombardier in 1941. Through an extraordinary chain of events, she found herself in Central Asia. Unbroken essays are academic essays for citation. Only one thing scared him. If Pete hadn’t been there, what do you think would have become of Louie? Javascript is not enabled in your browser. "Unbroken" is written in Hillenbrand's inimitable style, blending global events with personal anecdotes from the lives of Lt. Zamperini and his family and fellow airmen. . In 1919, when two-year-old Louie was down with pneumonia, he climbed out his bedroom window, descended one story, and went on a naked tear down the street with a policeman chasing him and a crowd watching in amazement. When rival thieves took up the racket, he suspended the stealing until the culprits were caught and the bakery owners dropped their guard. Hillenbrand's first book was the acclaimed Seabiscuit: An American Legend (2001), a nonfiction account of the career of the great racehorse Seabiscuit, for which she won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 2001. It was coming from directly above the house. In these experiences, did he already display attributes that would help him survive his wartime ordeal? Contesting a footrace across a busy highway, he just missed getting broadsided by a jalopy. On August 25, the Zeppelin reached San Francisco. However, running disciplined and redeemed Louie and he participated in the Olympics before being sucked into the horrors of the Second World War. He ushered his mother into her seat at dinner, turned in at seven, and tucked his alarm clock under his pillow so as not to wake Louie, with whom he shared a bed. When a teacher made him stand in a corner for spitballing, he deflated her car tires with toothpicks. In their apartment, where only Italian was spoken, Louise and Anthony called their boy Toots. Among Pacific POWs, post-traumatic stress disorder was almost ubiquitous. After a slow glide around the Statue of Liberty, the Zeppelin banked north, then turned out over the Atlantic. On August 19, as some four million Japanese waved handkerchiefs and shouted "Banzai!" I love and read a great deal of history. mesmerizing . But as Hillenbrand shows, Louie was not yet free. After an astonishing but losing race at the 1936 Olympics, Louie was hoping for gold in the 1940 games. My grandfather spent years in Europe during WWII. Louie’s Military Career as a Bombardier. 20. It was, he would say, "fearfully beautiful." A metal dealer never guessed that the grinning Italian kid who often came by to sell him armfuls of copper scrap had stolen the same scrap from his lot the night before. It shook me to my soul and will stay with me for a very long time. Louie joined a plot to kill the Bird. It was putting out the stars. Would it have been a moral act? Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sometime after their train pulled out of Grand Central Station, Louie bolted, ran the length of the train, and leapt from the caboose. . These comprise: his early life and running career; the time adrift in a small raft for more than forty days; internment in Japanese prisoner of war camps; and the long life of peace and Christian commitment initiated by a Billy Graham rally. With no help for their as yet unrecognized illness, Hillenbrand says, "there was no one right way to peace; each man had to find his own path...." The book's final section is the story of how, with Cynthia's help, Louie found his path. * Island Quarantine * Widespread * Temerity * Elusive, Submit your email address to receive Barnes & Noble offers & updates. Sometime after their train pulled out of Grand Central Station, Louie bolted, ran the length of the train, and leapt from the caboose. I was very intrigued, and when I finished writing Seabiscuit: An American Legend, I did some searching, found an address for Louie, and wrote him a letter. You can view Barnes & Noble’s Privacy Policy. In a childhood of artful dodging, Louie made more than just mischief. Random House, 2010. . You see, he was a paratrooper in WWII, in the Philippines. RHRC: You’ve written about two exceptional, unlikely running sensations of the first half of the twentieth century, weaving deeply moving, inspirational narratives around them. . He stole a neighbor's coffee percolator tube, set up a sniper's nest in a tree, crammed pepper-tree berries into his mouth, spat them through the tube, and sent the neighborhood girls running. As slow as the drifting wind, it passed over Torrance, where its only audience was a scattering of drowsy souls, among them the boy in his pajamas behind the house on Gramercy Avenue. "You could beat him to death," said Sylvia, "and he wouldn't say 'ouch' or cry." $27. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}Ask Alexa to read your book with Audible integration or text-to-speech. This, in a nutshell, is Louie Zamperini’s . From that day on, he wanted nothing to do with airplanes. Captivating, shocking, inspiring, thrilling true story. full of unforgettable characters, multi-hanky moments and wild turns . Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. In the lobby of the Torrance theater, Louie stopped up the pay telephone's coin slots with toilet paper. . We owe much to those heroes who fought for our freedom. I started reading. Some committed suicide. His mother, Louise, was a petite, playful beauty, sixteen at marriage and eighteen when Louie was born. Over and over, their messages express compassion, newfound understanding, and, often, forgiveness. In the lobby of the Torrance theater, Louie stopped up the pay telephone's coin slots with toilet paper. What motivated the notoriously sadistic POW camp guards in Japan, particularly the Bird? The ship passed over Nuremberg, where fringe politician Adolf Hitler, whose Nazi Party had been trounced in the 1928 elections, had just delivered a speech touting selective infanticide. Why do you think most World War II literature has focused on the European war, with so little attention paid to the Pacific war? He rose at two-thirty to run a three-hour paper route, and deposited all his earnings in the bank, which would swallow every penny when the Depression hit. He attacked it with his aunt Margie's hot iron, hobbled it in a silk stocking every night, and slathered it with so much olive oil that flies trailed him to school. That his life spiraled out of control when he returned home to the United States is understandable. His response was simple: Because I forgave them. Then it flew east of Frankfurt, where a Jewish woman named Edith Frank was caring for her newborn, a girl named Anne. He and Louise hammered up a one-room shack with no running water, an outhouse behind, and a roof that leaked so badly that they had to keep buckets on the beds. The son of Italian immigrants, he had come into the world in Olean, New York, on January 26, 1917, eleven and a half pounds of baby under black hair as coarse as barbed wire. She is known for her work on Seabiscuit (2003), Unbroken (2014) and Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018). Yet they refused to consider cannibalism, which had not been uncommon among castaways before them. As with most of the Greatest Generation he would not speak of his captivity. "I knew you'd come back," he said in Italian. Chapter One The One-Boy Insurgency In the predawn darkness of August 26, 1929, in the back bedroom of a small house inTorrance, California, a twelve-year-old boy sat up in bed, listening. Thanks to a chronic illness, I had been largely isolated for many years. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. His features, which would later settle into pleasant collaboration, were growing at different rates, giving him a curious face that seemed designed by committee. Unbroken is an unforgettable testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit, brought vividly to life by Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand. One might have expected such an intrepid child to be ecstatic, but the speed and altitude frightened him. The sky had disappeared. A Bound Heart by Laura Frantz (Paperback, 2019) 407 pages . Laura Hillenbrand has given us a new national treasure.”— Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, A Conversation with Laura HillenbrandRandom House Reader's Circle: Louie Zamperini is a larger-than-life figure. Louie became so obsessed with vengeance that his life was consumed by the quest for it. Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption follows the story of Louie Zamperini, a rebellious child who grew up to become one of the fastest runners of the 1930s.He competed as an Olympic track runner in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Laura Hillenbrand is now as beloved an author to me as Stephen Ambrose. She says she was compelled to tell the story because she "found fascinating people living a story that was improbable, breathtaking and ultimately more satisfying than any story [she'd] ever come across." 473 pp. . Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt ... With more than 55 years of experience between them, master couple’s therapists David Olsen and ... With more than 55 years of experience between them, master couple’s therapists David Olsen and It was teeming with inebriated ants. If it could ensure that two men survived, when otherwise all three would almost certainly perish, would it be a moral decision? Through letters and interviews, she brings to life not just the men who were with Zamperini on the life raft and in the Japanese camps, but the families they left behind. But Louie was eclipsed, and he never heard the end of it. He ushered his mother into her seat at dinner, turned in at seven, and tucked his alarm clock under his pillow so as not to wake Louie, with whom he shared a bed. More By and About This Author. To get even with a railcar conductor who wouldn't stop for him, Louie greased the rails. In one of several sections where Hillenbrand steps back for a larger view, she writes movingly of the thousands of postwar Pacific PTSD sufferers. spirit when sharing the truth. He never wanted to talk about it. "Unbroken" is written in Hillenbrand's inimitable style, blending global events with personal anecdotes from the lives of Lt. Zamperini and his family and fellow airmen. For sixty years I have had a love/hate relationship with him. Survival” because it summarizes my sincere message laser focused to Troubled Adolescents in all walks of life. Based on their knowledge of those danger zones, they have created targeted, practical exercises that help you ... Society crumbles after an EMP attack, and the terrifying nightmare has only just begun... Three ... Society crumbles after an EMP attack, and the terrifying nightmare has only just begun... Three How could this man forgive the unforgivable? 8 "Only the Laundry Knew How Scared I Was" 121, 11 "Nobody's Going to Live Through This" 180, “Unbroken is too much book to hope for: a hell ride of a story in the grip of the one writer who can handle it. The boy's name was Louis Silvie Zamperini. The instant Louise thumped him into a chair and told him to be still, he vanished. "Louie always got caught." My mother tells the story of meeting her father for the first time when he came home after the war. He skulked down alleys, a roll of lock-picking wire in his pocket. The movie Unbroken (2014.) He was a puny boy, and in his first years in Torrance, his lungs were still compromised enough from the pneumonia that in picnic footraces, every girl in town could dust him. Bullies, drawn by his oddity and hoping to goad him into uttering Italian curses, pelted him with rocks, taunted him, punched him, and kicked him. They compounded his misery by holding him back a grade. It was not a great presence but a great absence, a geometric ocean of darkness that seemed to swallow heaven itself. He was a marked boy. [Hillenbrand] has crafted another masterful blend of sports, history and overcoming terrific odds; this is biography taken to the nth degree, a chronicle of a remarkable life lived through extraordinary times.”—The Dallas Morning News   “No other author of narrative nonfiction chooses her subjects with greater discrimination or renders them with more discipline and commitment. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}Enjoy features only possible in digital – start reading right away, carry your library with you, adjust the font, create shareable notes and highlights, and more. a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street Journal   “[A] one-in-a-billion story . . This biography by Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author of The . How did you first learn about Louie? eKids Frozen 2 Kids Headphones, Adjustable Headband, Stereo Sound, 3.5Mm Jack, Wire... PowerLocus Bluetooth Over-Ear Headphones, Wireless Stereo Foldable Headphones Wirel... “Extraordinarily moving . It was, he would say, "fearfully beautiful." Buy Unbroken by Hillenbrand, Laura (ISBN: 9780007378036) from Amazon's Book Store. Why was this event especially wrenching for him and the other POWs? Hillenbrand’s biography of Zamperini, “Unbroken,” was released in 2010. astonishingly detailed.”—O: The Oprah Magazine“An astonishing testament to the superhuman power of tenacity.”—Entertainment Weekly“Intense . He became so germophobic that he wouldn't tolerate anyone coming near his food. “Anger is a justifiable and understandable reaction to being wronged, and as the soul’s first effort to reassert its worth and power, it may initially be healing,” Laura Hillenbrand wrote in an article for Guideposts magazine. Appearing in paperback for the first time—with twenty arresting new photos and an extensive Q&A with the author— Unbroken is an unforgettable testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit, brought vividly to life by Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand. . At ... A wealthy, prominent German-Jewish family was torn apart, first by suicide, then by Hitler. It all starts with change, changing from victim to survivor! He shaped who he would be in manhood. 3. What happened after that is equally remarkable.”—Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair“Irresistible . Grandfather didn't hate us all, he was merely dealing with a burden he could never share. Do you think we all carry the capacity for cruelty? Fax. He could feel the rumble of the craft's engines tilling the air but couldn't make out the silver skin, the sweeping ribs, the finned tail. In a childhood of artful dodging, Louie made more than just mischief. at another kid, his teachers caught on. . Even as, returning stateside, he impulsively married the beautiful Cynthia Applewhite and tried to build a life, Louie remained in the Bird's clutches, haunted in his dreams, drinking to forget, and obsessed with vengeance. amazing life. Do you think Louie could have found peace after the war had he killed the Bird? So many elements of Louie’s saga were enthralling, but one in particular hooked me. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is a 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand. "Unbroken" is written in Hillenbrand's inimitable style, blending global events with personal anecdotes from the lives of Lt. Zamperini and his family and fellow airmen. 4. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. 15. When he discovered that the cooling tables at Meinzer's Bakery stood within an arm's length of the back door, he began picking the lock, snatching pies, eating until he was full, and reserving the rest as ammunition for ambushes. Very well written. 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