Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II - Hardcover

Zuckoff, Mitchell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062133438 ISBN 13: 9780062133434

Publisher: Harper, 2013

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Review:

"When it comes to riveting nonfiction, author Mitchell Zuckoff has a knack for finding fascinating but forgotten stories from World War II.... This is a truly suspenseful and thrilling American story of perseverance with a worthwhile payoff in the final pages.... [A] must-read."--CNN Online

Frozen in Time is an "excellent, affecting" book of "considerable suspense.... [Zuckoff'] is a skilled writer, reporter and researcher, but what gives his latest book its power is his poignant, persuasive depiction of men under arms."--Howard Schneider, Wall Street Journal

"Mitchell Zuckoff has a nose for the classic adventure story.... As he details the bomber crew's odyssey...weeks stretch into months, but the pages fly by as you eagerly read on. Will they ever get home safely? Zuckoff's mastery keeps readers wondering all the way to the end."--Matthew Price, Boston Globe

"A true-life nail-biter--as nimbly paced as a novel. Grade: A."--Entertainment Weekly

"If Lost in Shangri-La was a prize-winning page-turner, Frozen in Time is even more enthralling... a must-read."--Austin American-Statesman

"Zuckoff's gripping narrative unfolds with immediacy and verve as men in fetid snow caves and sputtering aircraft pit their dogged camaraderie and desperate, white-knuckle improvisations against the fury of an Arctic winter."--Publishers Weekly(starred review)

"[A]n engaging testimony to perseverance, ingenuity and monumental self-sacrifice.... [Zuckoff is] astoundingly thorough in his research."--BookPage

"First-rate.... His dual narrative is a welcome change of pace from so many other World War II books. It is well-researched and superbly written."--Steve Weinberg, Dallas Morning News

"This is not a genre known for literary style, but Zuckoff's clear-eyed prose does just what it needs to do.... He even manages to add a contemporary story...and stitch it into the historical narrative so deftly that one feeds the other."--Washington Post

"Frozen in Time makes WWII history seem fresh.... [I]t's non-fiction that reads like a page-turner of a mystery. It's filled with heroism, tragedy and remarkable persistence, in the past and present..... Zuckoff is a good writer and rigorous researcher."--Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today, 3.5/4 stars

From the Back Cover:

Two harrowing crashes . . . A vanished rescue plane . . . A desperate fight for life in a frozen, hostile land . . . The quest to solve a seventy-year-old mystery

The author of the smash New York Times bestseller Lost in Shangri-La delivers a gripping true story of endurance, bravery, ingenuity, and honor set in the vast Arctic wilderness of World War II and today.

On November 5, 1942, a U.S. cargo plane on a routine flight slammed into the Greenland ice cap. Four days later, a B-17 on the search-and-rescue mission became lost in a blinding storm and also crashed. Miraculously, all nine men on the B-17 survived. The U.S. military launched a second daring rescue operation, but the Grumman Duck amphibious plane sent to find the men flew into a severe storm and vanished.

In this thrilling adventure, Mitchell Zuckoff offers a spellbinding account of these harrowing disasters and the fate of the survivors and their would-be saviors. Frozen in Time places us at the center of a group of valiant airmen fighting to stay alive through 148 days of a brutal Arctic winter by sheltering from subzero temperatures and vicious blizzards in the tail section of the broken B-17 until an expedition headed by famed Arctic explorer Bernt Balchen attempts to bring them to safety.

But that is only part of the story that unfolds in Frozen in Time. In present-day Greenland, Zuckoff joins the U.S. Coast Guard and North South Polar--a company led by the indefatigable dreamer Lou Sapienza, who worked for years to solve the mystery of the Duck's last flight--on a dangerous expedition to recover the remains of the lost plane's crew.

Drawing on intensive research and Zuckoff 's firsthand account of the dramatic 2012 expedition, Frozen in Time is a breathtaking blend of mystery, adventure, heroism, and survival. It is also a poignant reminder of the sacrifices of our military personnel and their families--and a tribute to the important, perilous, and often-overlooked work of the U.S. Coast Guard.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062133438
• ISBN 13: 9780062133434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416