Louis Zamperini (Heroes of History) de Janet Benge

Louis Zamperini: Redemption (Audiobook): Heroes of History

Janet Benge

Geoff Benge

Timothy Gregory

en Limba Engleză CD-Audio – 30 noi 2014 – vârsta de la 8 până la 12 ani

When the water supply canteens ran dry again, Louie began to doubt they'd survive. He thought back to when he first arrived in Hawaii and Eddie Rickenbacker, the World War I ace pilot, and his crew had just been rescued. Rickenbacker and his crew set a new record of twenty-one days drifting on a raft much like the one Louie was in. When the group was picked up, the men were dehydrated, hallucinating and near death. Louie was sure twenty-one days on a life raft represented the outer limits of human survival.

As an Olympic runner, a bombardier in the Army Air Corps, and a prisoner of war, Louis Zamperini was determined to thrive and survive. Never backing down from a challenge, Louie lived a life of adventure while modeling hope and forgiveness to a generation.

A magnet for trouble as a boy, Louis Zamperini determined to create a new path for himself. He became known as the "Torrance Tornado," setting national records and traveling to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. His resolve as

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