Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Written by Mitchell Zuckoff
Narrated by Mitchell Zuckoff
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoffunleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War IIrescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S.military personnel into a land that time forgot. Fans of Hampton Sides’ Ghost Soldiers, Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor, and David Grann’s The Lost Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff’s masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of danger, daring, determination, and discovery injungle-clad New Guinea during the final days of WWII.
Mitchell Zuckoff
Mitchell Zuckoff is the Sumner M. Redstone Professor of Narrative Studies at Boston University. He covered 9/11 for the Boston Globe and wrote the lead news story on the day of the attacks. Zuckoff is the author of seven previous works of nonfiction, including the number one New York Times bestseller 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi, which became the basis of the Paramount Pictures movie of the same name. His earlier books also include the New York Times bestsellers Lost in Shangri-La and Frozen in Time. As a member of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting and the winner of numerous national awards. He lives outside Boston.
More audiobooks from Mitchell Zuckoff
Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Saved at the Seawall: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to Lost in Shangri-La
Related audiobooks
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Storm on Our Shores: One Island, Two Soldiers, and the Forgotten Battle of World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Moth and the Mountain: A True Story of Love, War, and Everest Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fatal North: Murder and Survival on the First North Pole Expedition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Dive: A Father and Son's Fatal Descent into the Ocean's Depths Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Antarctic Tears: Determination, Adversity, and the Pursuit of a Dream at the Bottom of the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Surviving the Extremes: A Doctor's Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Epic: Stories of Survival From The World's Highest Peaks Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale Of Love, Murder, And Survival In The Amazon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/581 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Wars & Military For You
77 Days of February: Living and Dying in Ukraine, Told by the Nation’s Own Journalists Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Kingdom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of September 11, 2001 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Five Rings Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Valiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On Palestine Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Rape of Nanking: The History and Legacy of the Notorious Massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Korean War: A History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diary of Anne Frank Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin - Book Summary: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead And Win Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kill Anything That Moves Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When I Come Home Again: 'A page-turning literary gem' THE TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF 2020 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Lost in Shangri-La
36 ratings0 reviews