Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons From an Extraordinary Life [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Zamperini, Louis; Rensin, David

Published by Dey Street, New York, 2014

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As new condition brown boards/white spine/brown spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Coauthor's Note; Introduction; Afterword; and Acknowledgments. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. "Hero of the motion picture and #1 bestselling book Unbroken". "The grandest, most buoyant, most generous soul I ever knew." - Laura Hillenbrand, author of Unbroken. "Zamperini's saga is something out of Greek mythology." - New York Times Book Review. "Louis Zamperini's life is a story that befits the greatness of the country he served." - John McCain. "When it comes to courage, charisma, and impossible adventure, few will ever match [Zamperini]." - Christopher McDougall, Author of Born to Run. "One of the most incredible American lives of the past century." - People. "Champion. Survivor. Hero. Legend. Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini's death at age 97, [the book] shares a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and humor from one of America's most inspiring lives. Zamperini's story has touched millions through Laura Hillenbrand's biography Unbroken.directed by Angelina Jolie. Now, in his own words, Louis 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 and a world-class miler at the University ofSouthern California. Putting aside his superstar track career, Louis Zamperini volunteered for the army before Pearl Harbor and was thrust into the violent combat of 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. Co-written with longtime collaborator David Rensin, [the author's book] is an extraordinary last testament that captures the wisdom of a life lived to the fullest." - from the inner front jacket flap.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons From an Extraordinary Life [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
• Publisher: Dey Street, New York
• Publication Date: 2014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New