Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II
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Zuckoff, Mitchell.
Published
New York : HarperCollins, [2011].
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Book
Edition
1st ed.
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xii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Main Library - Adult
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Published
New York : HarperCollins, [2011].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

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Aircraft accidents -- New Guinea.
Airplane crash survival -- New Guinea.
Anthropology -- New Guinea.
Prehistoric peoples -- New Guinea.
United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Search and rescue operations.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Missing in action -- New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- New Guinea.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations -- United States.