Original title Unbroken Pages 473 Genres Non-fiction Media type Print Role Book by Laura Hillenbrand Page count 473 | Name Unbroken: World Adaptations Unbroken (2014) Publisher Random House ISBN 978-1-4000-6416-8 Original language English | |
Non-fiction books The Boys in the Boat: Nine Ame, David and Goliath: Underdo, Thinking - Fast and Slow, The Greater Journey, Farewell to Manzanar | ||
Publication date November 16, 2010 Originally published November 16, 2010 | ||
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption [Hardcover]
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is a 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, author of the best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend (2001). Unbroken is a biography of World War II hero Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in the Pacific theater, spent 47 days drifting on a raft, and then survived more than two and a half years as a prisoner of war in three brutal Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.
Contents
- Unbroken A World War II Story of Survival Resilience and Redemption Hardcover
- Awards and honors
- Adaptation
- References
Unbroken has spent more than four years on The New York Times best seller list, 14 weeks at number one, it is the 5th longest-running nonfiction best seller of all time.
Awards and honors
Adaptation
A feature film based on the book was adapted by Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures. Angelina Jolie directed this film while the Coen brothers, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson wrote the screenplay. Jack O'Connell portrays Louis Zamperini and the film had its general release on Christmas, 2014.