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Into the Abyss: How a Deadly Plane Crash Changed the Lives of a Pilot, a Politician, a Criminal and a Cop is a non-fiction book, written by the Canadian writer Carol Shaben, first published in September 2012 by Random House.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is a 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand. Unbroken is a biography of World War II veteran 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 (POW) in three Japanese POW ...
Norman tried to avoid Nick by spending time with his dog, Sunny, or down a canyon near his house where he had made a fort, or at the house of his unofficial godmother, Eleanor Kendall. On February 19, 1979, a chartered Cessna carrying 11-year-old Ollestad, his father, his father’s girlfriend, and the pilot, crashed into Southern California ...
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II is a 2011 non-fiction book by American author Mitchell Zuckoff about a US military airplane called "The Gremlin Special", which crashed on May 13, 1945 in Netherlands New Guinea, and the subsequent rescue of the survivors. [1]
It is about Japan Air Lines Flight 123, and together with its sequel Osutaka: A Chronicle of Loss In the World's Largest Single Plane Crash, are the only English-language books entirely about that accident. [2] The book discusses the accident and its societal aftermath and compares and contrasts the response to JL123 to that of other accidents. [3]
The novel is based on three actual plane crashes that took place in Elizabeth, Blume's hometown, over the course of 58 days. [2] [3] The first accident occurred on December 16, 1951, with the plane crashing into the Elizabeth River. The second crash happened on January 22, 1952, and nearly hit the Battin High School for girls.
BOOKS: From candid memoirs to provocative essay collections, 2024’s forthcoming non-fiction is enticing. Jessie Thompson shares our guide to what you need on your reading pile
A Delta plane flies by the wreckage of Delta Flight 191 the day after the Aug. 2, 1985, crash. JOE GIRON/Star-Telegram There have been 2,751 aircraft crashes with a fatality in Texas in more than ...