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A New York Times bestseller, the extraordinary World War II mission to rescue survivors of a U.S. military plane crash in an isolated corner of the South Pacific, and the ancient indigenous tribe members that aided those stranded on the ground in this "Shangri-La." 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.

- : Mitchell Zuckoff
- : Harpercollins
- : 9780061988356
- : Engels
- : Paperback
- : 432
- : april 2012
- : 328
- : 201 x 135 x 29 mm.
- : Afghanistan; Algemene en wereldgeschiedenis; Amerika; Aziatische geschiedenis; Genderstudies: vrouwen en meisjes; Geografische ontdekking en verkenning; Geschiedenis van Amerika; Lokale geschiedenis; Militaire geschiedenis; Militaire geschiedenis: conflicten na de Tweede Wereldoorlog; Reizen en vakantie; Sociale en culturele geschiedenis; Stille Oceaan; Tweede Wereldoorlog; Verenigde Staten van Amerika, VS; Wereldoorlog II (ca. 1939 - ca. 1945); Zuid-Azië (Indisch subcontinent); Zuidelijke VS