A riveting work of narrative nonfiction that vividly brings to life an odyssey at times terrifying, enlightening, and comic, Lost in Shangri-La is a thrill ride from beginning to end. Lost in Shangri-La recounts this incredible true-life adventure for the first time. An utterly gripping non-fiction adventure narrative, Lost in Shangri-La is an untold true story of war, anthropology, survival, discovery, heroism. An utterly gripping non-fiction adventure narrative, Lost in Shangri-La is an untold true story of war. Army documents, personal photos and mementos, a survivor&8217. With nothing to sustain them but a handful of candy and their own fortitude, they endured a harrowing trek down the mountainside – straight into a primitive tribe of superstitious natives who had never before seen a white man or woman. This book is enhanced with content such as audio or video, resulting in a large file that may take longer to download than expected.The enhanced e-book includes exclusive video and is drawn from interviews, declassified U.S.

Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoff unleashes the. Miraculously, three passengers survived – WAC Corporal Margaret Hastings, Lieutenant John McCollom, and Sergeant Kenneth Decker.Įmotionally devastated, badly injured, and vulnerable to disease, parasites, and poisonous snakes in the wet jungle climate, the trio was caught between man-eating headhunters and the enemy Japanese. I was unexpectedly enlightened when I recently picked up Mitchell Zuckoffs book, Lost in Shangri-La: Escape from a Hidden World, A True Story. Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff 14 Nonfiction Books Your Book Club. On May 13, 1945, twenty-four officers and enlisted men and women stationed on what was then Dutch New Guinea boarded a transport plane named the Gremlin Special for a sightseeing trip over “Shangri-La,” a beautiful and mysterious valley surrounded by steep, jagged mountain peaks deep within the island’s uncharted jungle.īut the pleasure tour became an unforgettable battle for survival when the plane crashed. Lost in Shangri-La: Escape from a Hidden World - A True Story van Mitchell Zuckoff (boek, ebook, ISBN 9780007432554).

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