
LOST IN SHANGRI-LA
A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Harper/HarperCollins · 2011
Chart History
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
Details
- ISBN-13
- 9780062087140
- ISBN-10
- 0062087142
- Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 335
- Publisher
- Harper/HarperCollins
- Google rating
- 3.0(1)
When you purchase a book through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review.