Don't Give Up, Don't Give in: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life - Softcover

Zamperini, Louis; Rensin, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006236880X ISBN 13: 9780062368805

Publisher: Dey Street Books, 2015

Synopsis

American hero Louis Zamperini shares his wisdom, values, lessons, secrets, and other insights gleaned from his remarkable experiences in this powerful and inspiring book.Louis Zamperini s struggle to survive the unimaginable brought to life in his autobiography Devil at My Heels and in Laura Hillenbrand s #1 New York Times bestseller and its film adaptation, Unbroken elevated him to his rightful place among our country s greatest heroes. Now, Zamperini reveals the wisdom he learned along his incredible journey.Faced with one misfortune after another a plane crash, the shark-filled waters of the Pacific, a brutal Japanese prisoner of war camp Zamperini could have given up a thousand times. Instead, he chose to see every hardship as a challenge that he was determined to overcome. Enduring the perils of World War II, Zamperini continued to find adventure at every turn from crashing weddings to facing down Frank Sinatra in a fight to getting mixed up in a bank robbery. Until his death at 97 he remained undaunted; happy, sharp-minded, and healthy, and continued to engage life to its fullest.In Don t Give Up, Don t Give In, he offers never-before told tales that embody his simple, yet essential secrets of success: how his relationship with God, his ever-positive attitude, his constant pursuit of accomplishment and a healthy dose of mischief have helped him lead a long and fulfilled life, lessons we can all use to transform our own."

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Review:

"A fitting capstone to the Zamperini legend. ... This valedictory book reflects the charm and colorful authority he brought to the world."--USA Today

"One of the most incredible American lives of the past century."--People, on Louis Zamperini

"Louis Zamperini is a modern miracle. His life reads like something out of a storybook."--Billy Graham, on Louis Zamperini

"Louis Zamperini's life is a story that befits the greatness of the country he served."--John McCain, on Louis Zamperini

"An extraordinary hero."--Publishers Weekly

"Not simply another rehashing of Zamperini's incredible history, this second memoir, dictated to co-author Rensin during the last year of the author's life, brims with sage wisdom, learned advice and fond observations from his adventurous 97 years. ... Inspirational."--Kirkus Reviews

From the Back Cover:

CHAMPION. SURVIVOR. HERO. LEGEND.

"A fitting capstone to the Zamperini legend."--USA Today

"Brims with sage wisdom."--Kirkus Reviews

Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini's death at age ninety-seven, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In shares a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and humor from "one of the most incredible American lives of the past century" (People). Zamperini's story has touched millions through Laura Hillenbrand's biography Unbroken and its blockbuster movie adaptation directed by Angelina Jolie. Now, in his own words, Zamperini reveals with warmth and great charm the essential values and lessons that sustained him throughout his remarkable journey.

He was a youthful troublemaker from California who turned his life around to become a 1936 Olympian. Putting aside his track career, he volunteered for the army before Pearl Harbor and was thrust into World War II as a B-24 bombardier. While on a rescue mission, his plane went down in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where he survived against all odds, drifting two thousand miles in a small raft for forty-seven days. His struggle was only beginning: Zamperini was captured by the Japanese, and for more than two years he courageously endured torture and psychological abuse in a series of prisoner-of-war camps. He returned home to face more dark hours, but in 1949 Zamperini's life was transformed by a spiritual rebirth that would guide him through the next sixty-five years of his long and happy life. Louis Zamperini's Don't Give Up, Don't Give In is an extraordinary last testament that captures the wisdom of a life lived to the fullest.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 006236880X
• ISBN 13: 9780062368805
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272