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I have never been able to really grasp any recent American history (or really recent world history). I was taking a huge risk by picking up a nonfiction historical novel. However, this book was very well written. It never got boring. It presented the factual events and pasts of the real life characters in a very easy-to-read-and-remember fashion. There was also a lot of background history and cultural history that I soaked up too. There are countless pictures throughout the book and it's fascinating to see the actual events happening.
Lost in Shangri-La tells the story of three survivors of a sight-seeing flight up the coast of New Guinea (where they were stationed during WWII) on 13 May 1945. The plane crashed into an unknown territory with many unknown natives who were at constant war between tribes and villages - not for personal gain or revenge - just for the sake of being at war. Some of the natives were known headhunters and cannibals and the very few who had seen a white man before were not fond because one had shot a native. These natives were still in the stone age.
Even if you are not a fan of history, this is still a very fascinating and readable book. Extraordinary tale - Margaret Hastings (the WAC and only female survivor of the crash) is one of the coolest women in history.
Lost in Shangri-La tells the story of three survivors of a sight-seeing flight up the coast of New Guinea (where they were stationed during WWII) on 13 May 1945. The plane crashed into an unknown territory with many unknown natives who were at constant war between tribes and villages - not for personal gain or revenge - just for the sake of being at war. Some of the natives were known headhunters and cannibals and the very few who had seen a white man before were not fond because one had shot a native. These natives were still in the stone age.
Even if you are not a fan of history, this is still a very fascinating and readable book. Extraordinary tale - Margaret Hastings (the WAC and only female survivor of the crash) is one of the coolest women in history.