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Laura HillenbrandPenguin Random House / 2010 / HardcoverOur Price$20.995.0 out of 5 stars for Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. View reviews of this product. 35 Reviews
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gbautista72CaliforniaAge: 35-44Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Unbroken Through God's Grace and LoveMarch 28, 2015gbautista72CaliforniaAge: 35-44Gender: femaleQuality: 0Value: 0Meets Expectations: 0This review was written for Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.An excellent book. Should be used in U.S. history classes. Wow. Incredible. Unbelievable. Zamperini truly is unbroken. All that was endured during WWII, the pain, suffering, torture & through God's help persevered. He never once gave up though it was rough! Chapter 38 & 39 were the turning points where Louie realizes God was with him the whole time! Love it.
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nonnamaryville, tnAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Survivng Extreme ConditionsFebruary 18, 2015nonnamaryville, tnAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.As a child, Louis (Louie) Zamperini could not sit still. He was destructive, rebellious, daring, and a thief. His father was always having to apologize, or make amends for something Louis had said or done or stolen. Louis was a very fast runner, maybe from all those times he ran away after stealing something.
Because he was a fast runner, his brother Pete started to train him in track and field. Louie soon realized running was something he really enjoyed, and something he did well. In fact, he started training for the 1936 Olympics, which would be held in Berlin. Even though he was fast, he wasnt fast enough.
In the late 1930s, Hitler was planning to conquer Europe, and Japan invaded China. Louie joined the Army Air Corps in 1941. In June 1943, the plane carrying Louie and other airmen crashed in the Pacific. He and two other crewmen managed to get the life raft afloat. After 27 days, a plane spotted them. It was not an American rescue plane. It was a Japanese bomber.
Louie and the other prisoners of war were subjected to such brutal, sadist cruelty, its a wonder any of them survived. This is a story of surviving in the worst of conditions that would break most men. Its a story about Louie and the other prisoners of war who did not give up, and did not give in to those who did everything they could to destroy both the body and the spirit of these brave men in uniform.
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mary jemisonSouthern CAAge: 45-54Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Stellar BookJune 25, 2015mary jemisonSouthern CAAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.This is one of the most gripping and touching stories I have ever read. The book is much better than the movie. How Mr. Zamperini suffered. Only the Lord working in his life could have taken all that pain, anger and even hatred towards his Japanese captors and turn it into true forgiveness and love for these poor pagans.
Lauren Hillenrand is a fabulous writer.
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Missymoo3AustraliaAge: 25-34Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5AmazingFebruary 12, 2015Missymoo3AustraliaAge: 25-34Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.Loved this book, read it in 2 days! It makes me sick that human beings are capable of such horrendous cruelty. But after suffering all that evil Louis still turned to God. It certainly puts your own problems into perspective. If I'm having a bad day I now think of Louis and know that if God helped him through all of that He will come through for me too. Such a powerful story, I highly recommend it.
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Sue BradshawaumsvilleAge: Over 65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5An amazing biography of historical valueMay 3, 2013Sue BradshawaumsvilleAge: Over 65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This book should be in every home in America. It is classic literature. I find the young author utterly amazing, in that she never met Louie until the book was published because of her invalid condition. Not only it is this book an amazing biography of Louie Zamparini, an Olympic track star, and a World War II war hero of several Purple Hearts, but it also gives us a much needed historical record of our devastating war in the Pacific with the devious, persistent Japanese. It is a book, not only of our survival and patriotism as a nation during this Greater Generation, but one that ultimately demonstrates how one can come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior in spite of all of the atrocities, and forgive those who so brutally attacked him. The last lesson is the most important victory of all----one's eternal salvation.
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