15-07-2011, 12:16
Just superb. A Fathers Day gift from my daughter. She said she tired of getting me Amazon gift certificates. I feel a lean x-mas coming on. But this book was a fine replacement. True story of Louie Zamperini. Had never heard of him. Went off to serve his country at the onset of WWII. Dropped some bombs on the Japs. Plane went down over the Pacific. He and two other survivors floated along for about six weeks beofre washing up on the wrong shore. Became a Japanese prisoner for about two years. Horrendous conditions as you might expect. What he endured brings to light the inhumanity of mankind. Reached the lowest point a man can survive. After the war, how he came back from those depths of despair will chill you. Well, it did me anyway.
Grade - A
next up - Peril by Thomas H. Cook

