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

Zuckoff, Mitchell

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9780007386635: Lost in Shangri-La: Escape from a Hidden World - A True Story

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 000738663X ISBN 13: 9780007386635

Publisher: HarperPress, 2011

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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’s Baliem Valley 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 Zuckoff 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.

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Published by HarperPress. 1st Printing. VG++ condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little to no wear. Book has clean and bright contents.

Review:

Sunday Times: ‘[a] spirited adventure story... its brave and warm-hearted protagonists most certainly merit their literary memorial’

Independent on Sunday: ‘[a] real-life tale, deftly brought to life in Mitchell Zuckoff’s highly readable account... Lost in Shangri-La is an entertaining, enjoyable page-turner, ripe for the IMAX screen’

The Times: ‘Zuckoff takes off and runs with the story...go with him, it’s a wonderful ride.’

News of the World: 5* ‘Zuckoff has meticulously researched the incident with such eye-popping detail it could have happened last week. Stunning pictures and graphic accounts from those involved also bring it to life.’

Vogue: an ‘inspirational tale for passionate women’

Reader’s Digest: ‘an incredible story. And it’s all true.’

Literary Review: ‘In light of the enormous amount of junk written about the war, it is gratifying that Mitchell Zuckoff’s thoroughly gripping adventure tale has been well sourced... Zuckoff has avoided the cheesy reportage style beloved of so many historians...and this tale is all the better for it.’

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