The new book from the author of the beloved "Seabiscuit". As a boy in the 1920s, Louie Zamperini was a study in uncorralled energy and defiance. At the point when his life could have taken a seriously wrong turn, his older brother channeled Zamperini's energy into track, and within a year, he was breaking records. Within a very short time, his fierce determination took him all the way to the 1936 Olympics, and within sight of becoming the first runner to ever break the 4 minute mile. Then his life, like that of his whole generation, was interrupted by Pearl Harbor. Overnight Louie Zamperini went from athlete to Army Air Corps bombardier. And this was just the beginning of an incredible odyssey of determination and survival that forced him to draw upon every resource within himself to overcome seemingly insurmountable circumstances that took him halfway around the world-- and only truly began when he returned home.
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