Lost in Shangri-La: Escape from a Hidden World - A True Story Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Lost in Shangri-La: Escape from a Hidden World - A True Story Book

An utterly gripping non-fiction adventure narrative 'Lost in Shangri-La' is an untold true story of war anthropology survival discovery heroism and a near-impossible rescue mission. Three months before the end of World War II a U.S. Army plane flying over New Guinea crashed in uncharted mountains inhabited by a Stone Age tribe. Nineteen passengers and crew were killed and two were mortally wounded. But somehow three survived: a lieutenant whose twin brother died in the crash a sergeant who suffered terrible head wounds and a beautiful member of the Women's Army Corps. Hurt unarmed and afraid they prayed for deliverance - from their wounds from the elements and from the spear-carrying Dani tribesmen who roamed the mountains men who were untouched by modernity. For seven weeks the survivors experienced one remarkable adventure after another until they were rescued in a truly incredible mission. Rounding out the true-life cast is a rogue filmmaker who'd left Hollywood after being exposed as a jewel-thief; a smart-alek pilot who flew best when his plane had no engine and a cowboy colonel whose rescue plan seemed designed to increase the death toll.Using a huge range of sources including first hand accounts from the survivors themselves Mitchell Zukoff exposes the enlightening and terrifying adventure of three individuals lost on uncharted soil and the relationships they built not only with each other but also with a lost civilization.Read More

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  • 000738663X
  • 9780007386635
  • Mitchell Zuckoff
  • 28 April 2011
  • HarperPress
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 400
  • First Edition
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