Louis Zamperini was een atleet en oorlogsheld wiens ongelooflijke levensverhaal een wereldwijde bestseller inspireerde. Zijn reis van de zoon van Italiaanse immigranten die een nieuwe taal moest leren tot een recordbrekende hardloper op de Olympische Spelen van Berlijn toont vroeg talent en doorzettingsvermogen. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, dienend als bommenwerper, doorstond hij een vliegtuigcrash en 47 dagen overleven op zee, wat zijn veerkracht tot het uiterste beproefde. Na gevangengenomen te zijn door Japanse troepen en twee jaar krijgsgevangene te zijn geweest, keerde Zamperini naar huis terug, worstelend met het trauma van zijn gevangenschap. Zijn spirituele transformatie en daaropvolgende toewijding aan het helpen van probleemjongeren tonen de diepte van zijn karakter en zijn volharding.
The bestselling autobiography of the legendary Louis Zamperini, hero of the blockbuster Unbroken. A modern classic by an American legend, Devil at My Heels is the riveting and deeply personal memoir by U.S. Olympian, World War II bombardier, and POW survivor Louis Zamperini.
MEMOIRS. American hero Louis Zamperini shares his wisdom, values, lessons, secrets, and other insights gleaned from his remarkable experiences in this powerful and inspiring book.Louis Zamperini s struggle to survive the unimaginable brought to life in his autobiography Devil at My Heels and in Laura Hillenbrand s #1 New York Times bestseller and its film adaptation, Unbroken elevated him to his rightful place among our country s greatest heroes. Now, Zamperini reveals the wisdom he learned along his incredible journey.Faced with one misfortune after another a plane crash, the shark-filled waters of the Pacific, a brutal Japanese prisoner of war camp Zamperini could have given up a thousand times. Instead, he chose to see every hardship as a challenge that he was determined to overcome
"Champion. Survivor. Hero. Legend. Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini's death at age 97, Don't Give Up, Don't Give In shares a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and humor from one of America's most inspiring lives. Zamperini's story has touched millions through Laura Hillenbrand's biography Unbroken, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. Now, in his own words, Louis 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 and a world-class miler at the University of Southern California. Putting aside his superstar track career, Louis Zamperini volunteered for the army before Pearl Harbor and was thrust into the violent combat of 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. Cowritten with longtime collaborator David Rensin, 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. A son of Italian immigrants, Louis Zamperini (1917-2014) was a U.S. Olympic runner, World War II bombardier, and POW survivor. After the war, he returned to the United States to found the Victory Boys Camp for at-risk youth and became an inspirational speaker. Zamperini's story was told in his 2003 autobiography Devil at My Heels, as well as in Laura Hillenbrand's 2010 biography Unbroken. David Rensin worked closely with Louis Zamperini for many years and cowrote Devil at My Heels, as well as fifteen other books, including five New York Times bestsellers"-- Provided by publisher