Frozen in time : an epic story of survival and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II / Mitc...
Frozen in time : an epic story of survival and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II / Mitc...
Frozen in time : an epic story of survival and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II / Mitchell Zuckoff.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Harper, c2013.
Call Numbers
G 2013/3250
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 391 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue : the duck -- Greenland -- "A mother that devours her children" -- Flying in milk -- The duck hunter -- A shallow turn -- Man down -- A light in the darkness -- The holy grail -- Short snorters -- Frozen tears -- "Don't try it" -- "MOs--Quick!" -- Taps -- Glacier worms -- Shooting out the l...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Harper, c2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2013.
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Summary
In Nov. 1942 a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously all nine men aboard survived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the B-17 spent 148 days fighti...
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Frozen in time : an epic story of survival and a modern quest for lost heroes of World War II / Mitchell Zuckoff.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-376) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2013.
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Call Numbers
G 2013/3250
Record Identifier
74VKPlX3AoKZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKPlX3AoKZ
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ISBN
9780062133410 (ebook)
0062133438 (hardcover)
9780062133434 (hardcover)
0062269372 (international ed.)
9780062269379 (international ed.)
0062133411 (ebook)
DDC
998.2
MMS ID
991019792269702626
