Lost in Shangri-la
Subtitle: a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II
By: Mitchell Zuckoff
Edition: 1st HarperLuxe ed.
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 545
ISBN-13: 9780062065049
Subjects: Survival; Airplane crash survival; Aircraft accidents; United States; Search and rescue operations; World War, 1939-1945; American Aerial operations; Primitive societies; Missing in action; United States. Army Air Forces
Description: Describes the 1945 odyssey of three plane crash survivors in New Guinea who endured a harrowing journey through the jungle to seek help, their encounter with a primitive tribe who had never seen white people, and their eventual rescue by a band of paratroopers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.