Unbroken: An Extraordinary True Story of Courage and Survival

Laura Hillenbrand

Fourth Estate, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 473 pages

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. Only one crew member survived: a young lieutenant named Louis Zamperini. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War, as Zamperini is driven to the limits of endurance.

About the author

Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the number one bestsellers Unbroken and Seabiscuit, which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The film it inspired was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. She served as a consultant on the Universal Pictures feature film based on Unbroken. Hillenbrand's New Yorker article, 'A Sudden Illness', won the 2004 National Magazine Award, and she is a two-time winner of the Eclipse Award. She and actor Gary Sinise co-founded Operation International Children, a charity that provided school supplies to children through American troops. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Unbroken: An Extraordinary True Story of Courage and Survival
• Author: Laura Hillenbrand
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Fourth Estate, 2011
• ISBN: 0007378017, 9780007378012
• Length: 473 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Biography & Autobiography / Military; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / Sports; Biography & Autobiography / Survival; History / Military / General; History / Military / United States; History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General; History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Pacific Theater