Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II

Summary: Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoff unleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War II rescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S. military personnel into the jungle-clad land of New Guinea.

Item details

ISBN: 9780061988349
ISBN: 0061988340
ISBN: 9780062093585 (international ed.)
ISBN: 0062093584 (international ed.)
Physical Description: print
xii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, ©2011.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Missing -- Hollandia -- Shangri-La -- Gremlin Special -- Eureka! -- Charms -- Tarzan -- Gentleman explorer -- Guilt and gangrene -- Earl Walter, Junior and Senior -- Uwambo -- Wimayuk Wandik, aka "Chief Pete" -- Come what may -- Five-by-five -- No Thanksgiving -- Rammy and Doc -- Custer and company -- Bathtime for Yugwe -- "Shoo, shoo baby" -- "Hey, Martha!" -- Promised land -- Hollywood -- Gliders? -- Two queens -- Snatch -- Epilogue: After Shangri-La.

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