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Wow - what a great true-life adventure story. An Army airplane crashes in the wilds of New Guinea during WWII. This is the true story of how some of the passengers survived and even more incredible how they were rescued. I highly recommend!
This was a fascinating and entertaining read. I appreciate all the work that the author did to ensure that he got his facts right - this is one story that didn't need embellishment!
If you are into the subject matter this may be of interest to you. This is the telling of an event in New Guinea that was overshadowed by the end of WWII. The only real problem I had with this book is the numbered footnotes at the end of the book have no corresponding number in the text. Is this a glaring publisher error? Why even have numbered footnotes if they don't match with anything in the text?
A fascinating and harrowing story. Not sure I would have been as strong as the survivors. The extended iBooks edition with videos is great.
Very interesting book about a World War 2 event I was completely unaware of. Enjoyed it a great deal, I usually complain that books could've been shorter and edited tighter, but I wish Lost in Shangri-la had been longer and even richer in detail. I would also have liked to see more pictures.
Zuckoff is a mediocre writer, but very good at many other things. :)
Zuckoff is a mediocre writer, but very good at many other things. :)
At the very end of World War II, a plane filled with sightseeing GIs and Women’s Army Corps members crashes in a remote mountainous jungle in New Guinea. There are three survivors, one woman and man who are injured fairly severely, and one man who is unharmed, except that his identical twin has died in the crash. The area that they’ve found themselves in is home to thousands of native New Guineans, but the problem is that these are uncontacted tribes, some of whom practice cannibalism. With no immediate rescue possible, the survivors have to figure out what to do. If you like survival stories and World War II, this is a fast, interesting book to read. This one is not a memoir, but it’s written by a journalist and based on interviews and Army documents, and it includes personal snapshots and the voices of the survivors really come through. It interweaves lots of interesting information about the native culture, even though the main focus is on the story of the survivors of the airplane crash.
This book was recommended by a friend and then I recommended it to my book groups and it was chosen by both groups for this month. On Mother's Day 1945, a group of US soldiers including members of the Women's Army Corps went on a sightseeing flight on the island of New Guinea. They went to see Shangri-La, a valley which had not yet been mapped, but was stunning form the air. the flight crashed and this book is the story of the rescue of the survivors. Mitchell Zuckoff has written an interesting, compelling story of this rescue, but also introduces the natives of the island and the valley who had never seen outsiders prior to the crash. Glad there is much to discuss!!
Intriguing WW2 story
This well researched account of a survival story during WW2 on a smaller front is well done and you learn more about the island, survivors and the native people
This well researched account of a survival story during WW2 on a smaller front is well done and you learn more about the island, survivors and the native people