![]() Army documents, personal photos and mementos, a survivor's diary, a rescuer's journal, and original film footage, Lost in Shangri-La recounts this incredible true-life adventure for the first time. This item: Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff Paperback 10. Caught between maneating headhunters and enemy Japanese, the wounded passengers endured a harrowing hike down the mountainside-a journey that would lead them straight into a primitive tribe of superstitious natives who had never before seen a white man-or woman.ĭrawn from interviews, declassified U.S. Emotionally devastated, badly injured, and vulnerableto the hidden dangers of the jungle, the trio faced certain death unless they left the crash site. Mitchell Zuckoff Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II Kindle Edition by Mitchell Zuckoff (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 4.4 out of 5 stars 2,272 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 39.83 1 Used from 12.79 4 New from 25. ![]() Miraculously, three passengers pulled through. ![]() On May 13, 1945, twenty-four American servicemen and WACs boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip over "Shangri-La," a beautiful and mysterious valley deep within the jungle-covered mountains of Dutch New Guinea.Unlike the peaceful Tibetan monks of James Hilton's bestselling novel Lost Horizon, this Shangri-La was home to spear-carrying tribesmen, warriors rumored to be cannibals.īut the pleasure tour became an unforgettable battle for survival when the plane crashed. ![]()
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