Unbroken; An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive; Adapted for Young Adults
by Laura Hillenbrand
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0385742517
- ISBN 13
- 9780385742511
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Seabiscuit: An American Legend, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, won the Book Sense Book of the Year Award and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, landed on more than fifteen best-of-the-year lists, and inspired the film Seabiscuit, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. 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, the highest journalistic honor in Thoroughbred racing. She and actor Gary Sinise are the co-founders of Operation International Children, a charity that provides school supplies to children through American troops. She lives in Washington, D.C.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007530
- Title
- Unbroken; An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive; Adapted for Young Adults
- Author
- Laura Hillenbrand
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385742517
- ISBN 13
- 9780385742511
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2014
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Louis Zamperini, Olympics, distance runner, United States Army, World War II, Japanese Navy, Prisoner of War, POW, survival at sea, Berlin Olympics, Army Air Force, torture, starvation, survival, shark attacks, juvenile delinquent,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prisoner of War; Biographies;
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