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LOST IN SHANGRI-LA
Mitchell Zuckoff
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LOST IN SHANGRI-LA

A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II

by Mitchell Zuckoff

Harper/HarperCollins · 2011

Peak rank

#9

Weeks on list

7

Debuted

July 2011

Chart History

#1510152011
dashed = off the list

7 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #9

“A lost world, man-eating tribesmen, lush andimpenetrable jungles, stranded American fliers (one of them a dame withgreat gams, for heaven's sake), a startling rescue mission. . . . This is atrue story made in heaven for a writer as talented as Mitchell Zuckoff. Whew—what an utterly compelling and deeplysatisfying read!" —Simon Winchester, author of Atlantic 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.

All Appearances

14NEWJuly 10, 2011wk 1
9↑5July 17, 2011wk 2
11↓2July 24, 2011wk 3
13↓2July 31, 2011wk 4
11↑2August 7, 2011wk 5

Details

ISBN-13
9780062087140
ISBN-10
0062087142
Published
2011
Pages
335
Publisher
Harper/HarperCollins
Google rating
3.0(1)
Categories
History

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