Lost in Shangri-la, a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II, 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, Mitchell Zuckoff
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
Lost in Shangri-la
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bibliography
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658117311
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Mitchell Zuckoff
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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
Table Of Contents
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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True story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II
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- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 + Opérations de recherche et de sauvetage -- Nouvelle-Guinée
- Survie après accidents d'avion -- Nouvelle-Guinée
- Airplane crash survival -- New Guinea
- World War, 1939-1945 + Missing in action -- New Guinea
- Aéronautique + Accidents -- Nouvelle-Guinée
- World War, 1939-1945 + Search and rescue operations -- United States
- Best seller
- Aircraft accidents -- New Guinea
- World War, 1939-1945 + Aerial operations
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 + Disparus au combat -- Nouvelle-Guinée
- World War, 1939-1945 + Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 + Missing in action
- World War, 1939-1945 + Search and rescue operations -- New Guinea
- World War, 1939-1945
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 + Opérations de recherche et de sauvetage -- États-Unis
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- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 + Opérations de recherche et de sauvetage -- Nouvelle-Guinée
- Survie après accidents d'avion -- Nouvelle-Guinée
- Airplane crash survival -- New Guinea
- World War, 1939-1945 + Missing in action -- New Guinea
- Aéronautique + Accidents -- Nouvelle-Guinée
- World War, 1939-1945 + Search and rescue operations -- United States
- Best seller
- Aircraft accidents -- New Guinea
- World War, 1939-1945 + Aerial operations
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 + Disparus au combat -- Nouvelle-Guinée
- World War, 1939-1945 + Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 + Missing in action
- World War, 1939-1945 + Search and rescue operations -- New Guinea
- World War, 1939-1945
- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 + Opérations de recherche et de sauvetage -- États-Unis
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