Devil at My Heels: The Story of Louis ZamperiniZamperini recalls how he was captured by the Japanese in 1943 after his plane went down in the Pacific Ocean, the two years of imprisonment and torture, his return home after his family was told he was dead, and how he was able to overcome alcoholism and depression. |
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| Title | Devil at My Heels: The Story of Louis Zamperini |
| Author | Louis Zamperini |
| Publisher | Dutton, 1956 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 10, 2007 |
| Length | 251 pages |
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