Don't Give Up, Don't Give in: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life, Paperback/Louis Zamperini

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New York Times bestseller More than 100, 000 copies in print Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini's death at age ninety-seven, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In shares a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and humor from -one of the most incredible American lives of the past century- (People). Zamperini's story has touched millions through Laura Hillenbrand's biography Unbroken and its blockbuster movie adaptation directed by Angelina Jolie. Now, in his own words, 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. Putting aside his track career, he volunteered for the army before Pearl Harbor and was thrust into 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. Louis Zamperini's Don't Give Up, Don't Give In is an extraordinary last testament that captures the wisdom of a life lived to the fullest.

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Louis Zamperini

alpinist italian-american și veteran al celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial · 1917–2014

Louis Silvie Zamperini a fost un veteran american din Al Doilea Război Mondial, alergător de fond olimpic și evangelist creștin. A început să aleargă în liceu și s-a calificat pentru Statele Unite ale Americii la proba de 5.000 de metri la Jocurile Olimpice de vară din 1936, unde a terminat pe locul al optulea și a stabilit un nou record al turului.