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A heroic olympians astonishing story of survival as a. Hillenbrand recognized that zamperini s story was worth waiting for. Some may complain that louie spent most of his book tooting his own. Devil at my heels by louis zamperini and david rensin first there was louis zamperini, then came the louis zamperini story. Devil at my heels by louis zamperini and david rensin. The bestselling autobiography of the legendary louis zamperini, hero of the blockbuster unbroken a modern classic by an american legend, devil at my heels is the riveting and deeply personal memoir by u. Zamperini s story was told in his 2003 autobiography devil at my heels, as well as in laura hillenbrands 2010 biography unbroken. Published by user, 15 years ago devil at my heels is the truly inspirational story of louis zamperini, a bombardier of a b24 that crashed at sea while ironically out looking for another plane that had gone down. Now with a new foreword exclusive to the ebook edition, in which louis zamperini reflects on his life through 2010 and being the subject of hillenbrands critically.
I told her i had just finished my own book, devil at my heels, and that i had milked the story dry. David rensin worked closely with louis zamperini for many years and cowrote devil at my heels, as well as fifteen other books, including five new york times bestsellers. She proceeded to call zamperini and said she wanted to write a book about his life. Originally released as a book, unbroken is a movie based on the life of louis louie zamperini. Louis would later return to japan where he visited the prison holding many of the guards from the pow camp where he was held during the war. Devil at my heels ebook 9780061972768 by louis zamperini, david rensin. The newspaper writer loved that quoteand so did hillenbrand.
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