Louis Zamperini (1917–2014)
Autore di Sopravvissuto: la vita dell'atleta olimpionico, eroe di guerra e sopravvissuto alla prigionia giapponese
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Louis Zamperini was born in Olean, New York on January 26, 1917. He was a track star at the University of Southern California and graduated in 1940. He was a member of the 1936 U.S. Olympic track team in Berlin, where he ran the 5,000 meters and finished a strong eighth. At the age of 19, he was mostra altro the youngest American qualifier ever in that event. In 1941, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force and was deployed to the Pacific as a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator bomber. In 1943, his plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean. He and two others survived without food and water for 47 days before washing ashore on a Japanese island behind enemy lines, where he was held as a prisoner of war for two years. He wrote two memoirs, both titled Devil at My Heels, the first published in 1956 and written with Helen Itris, and the second in 2003 with David Rensin. He also co-wrote Don't Give up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life with David Rensin, which was published in 2014. His story was the inspiration for the book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. The book and his story were also adapted into a film entitled Unbroken, which opened on December 25, 2014. On his 81st birthday in 1988, he returned to Japan and ran a leg in the Olympic Torch relay for the Winter Olympics in Nagano. He died following a case of pneumonia on July 2, 2014 at the age of 97. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Louis Zamperini
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Zamperini, Louis Silvie
- Data di nascita
- 1917-01-26
- Data di morte
- 2014-07-02
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Olean, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Hollywood, California, USA
Torrance, California, USA - Istruzione
- Torrance High School
University of Southern California - Attività lavorative
- inspirational speaker
Prisoner of War
Olympic athlete - Organizzazioni
- US Army Air Forces (WWII)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Utenti
Recensioni
Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing… di Louis Zamperini
Louis’ story in his own words, which puts a different emphasis on the story than you get in Unbroken. I found a bit too much self love in some parts, but he’s been telling and selling his story for years so maybe that can’t be helped. And he balances it out with some brutally honest parts that cast him in a very poor light. And in the end, he lays it all out at the feet of the lord so he doesn’t actually take sole credit for his accomplishments. Quite the story.
Extraordinary account of the wartime experiences of the author in the Pacific as a prisoner and also before that, as an Olympics athlete. Fascinating. [A newer book on the same topic is Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. Reading it in Aug. 2015.]
A story of heroism and survival
I loved this book and not just because I loved this man. Louie was my Sunday School teacher with Jim Ferguson when I was in junior hi and hi school and used to ride herd on us at the beach all summer. I heard a lot of these stories first hand and some others that aren't. I will always be grateful I had him as a role model growing up. Rest well, Louie, thou good and faithful servant. The book tells of unimaginable horrors, the bad deeds he did and what he survived. He was humble, sincere and could be really annoying about using sunscreen. Read the book and follow his journey. You will be better for it… (altro)
I loved this book and not just because I loved this man. Louie was my Sunday School teacher with Jim Ferguson when I was in junior hi and hi school and used to ride herd on us at the beach all summer. I heard a lot of these stories first hand and some others that aren't. I will always be grateful I had him as a role model growing up. Rest well, Louie, thou good and faithful servant. The book tells of unimaginable horrors, the bad deeds he did and what he survived. He was humble, sincere and could be really annoying about using sunscreen. Read the book and follow his journey. You will be better for it… (altro)
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 10
- ISBN
- 25
- Lingue
- 3