Lost in Shangri-la

By Mitchell Zuckoff

Book Overview

A New York Times bestseller, the extraordinary World War II mission to rescue survivors of a U.S. military plane crash in an isolated corner of the South Pacific, and the ancient indigenous tribe members that aided those stranded on the ground in this Shangri-La.

Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoffunleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War IIrescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S.military personnel into a land that time forgot. Fans of Hampton Sides' Ghost Soldiers, Marcus Luttrell's Lone Survivor, and David Grann's The Lost Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff's masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of danger, daring, determination, and discovery injungle-clad New Guinea during the final days of WWII.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061988359
• ISBN13: 9780061988356
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Top of the line story

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Excellent nonfiction book

An eye opening book about other things going on in WW11 that very few people were aware of. Definitely a favorite book of mine.