Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II

Summary: Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoff unleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War II rescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S. military personnel into the jungle-clad land of New Guinea.

Record details

ISBN: 0061988359
ISBN: 9780061988356
Physical Description: xii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, [2011]
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [368]-370) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Missing -- Hollandia -- Shangri-La -- Gremlin Special -- Eureka! -- Charms -- Tarzan -- Gentleman explorer -- Guilt and gangrene -- Earl Walter, Junior and Senior -- Uwambo -- Wimayuk Wandik, aka "Chief Pete" -- Come What May -- Five-by-Five -- No Thanksgiving -- Rammy and Doc -- Custer and Company -- Bathtime for Yugwe -- "Shoo, Shoo Baby" -- "Hey, Martha!" -- Promised Land -- Hollywood -- Gliders? -- Two Queens -- Snatch.