Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
de Laura Hillenbrand
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 1400064163
- ISBN 13
- 9781400064168
- Librería
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
HILLENBRAND, Laura: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. New York, Random House, 2010. Hardcover with dust jacket, 473 pp. 8vo. Subject: Non-fiction / History / Second World War / War Prisoners-Pacific Theater - World War II / Long distance runners-biography. Book and jacket condition: very good + (VG+). Slight weakness at book's hinge at the half-title page, but fully intact. No other notable defects-book is complete, pages unmarked, and the text is clear and readable in a fine dust-wrapper. Exterior boards black with gold lettering on the spine. An exciting and stirring account of an Olympic long distance runner, turned airman who had undergone an harrowing odyssey of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. A must for all aficionados of World War II history and narratives of survival under extreme circumstances. ISBN: 9781400064168
Sinopsis
Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Seabiscuit: An American Legend, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, won the Book Sense Book of the Year Award and the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, landed on more than fifteen best-of-the-year lists, and inspired the film Seabiscuit, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Hillenbrand’s New Yorker article, “A Sudden Illness,” won the 2004 National Magazine Award, and she is a two-time winner of the Eclipse Award, the highest journalistic honor in Thoroughbred racing. She and actor Gary Sinise are the co-founders of Operation International Children, a charity that provides school supplies to children through American troops. She lives in Washington, D.C.
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Detalles
- Librería
- The Brooklyn Bookman (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 671779707
- Título
- Unbroken
- Autor
- Laura Hillenbrand
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- LATER PRINTING
- ISBN 10
- 1400064163
- ISBN 13
- 9781400064168
- Editorial
- Random House
- Lugar de publicación
- NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 2010
- Palabras clave
- Non-fiction / History / Second World War / War Prisoners-Pacific Theater - World War II / Long distance runners-biography
- Catálogos del vendedor
- THE BROOKLYN BOOKMAN – USED, OUT OF PRINT, RARE & COLLECTIBLE BOOKS CATALOG; World War II;
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