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The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II
de Heimann, Judith M
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- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151014345
- ISBN 13
- 9780151014347
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Eugene , Oregon, United States
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Harcourt. Used - Good. Hardcover This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
Sinopsis
N ovember 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast. Instead they found themselves unexpectedly facing a Japanese fleet—and were shot down. When they cut themselves loose from their parachutes, they were scattered across the island’s mountainous interior. Then a group of loincloth-wearing natives silently materialized out of the jungle. Would these Dayak tribesmen turn the starving airmen over to the hostile Japanese occupiers? Or would the Dayaks risk vicious reprisals to get the airmen safely home? The tribal leaders’ unprecedented decision led to a desperate game of hide-and-seek, and, ultimately, the return of a long-renounced ritual: head-hunting. A cinematic survival story that features a bamboo airstrip built on a rice paddy, a mad British major, and a blowpipe-wielding army that helped destroy one of the last Japanese strongholds, The Airmen and the Headhunters is a gripping, you-are-there journey into the remote world and forgotten heroism of the Dayaks.
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- Librería
- St. Vinnie's Charitable Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- I-07-3863
- Título
- The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II
- Autor
- Heimann, Judith M
- Estado del libro
- Used - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0151014345
- ISBN 13
- 9780151014347
- Editorial
- Harcourt
- Lugar de publicación
- Orlando
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- October 8, 2007
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St. Vinnie's Charitable Books
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