Lost in Shangri-La
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4.1 • 41 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
“A lost world, man-eating tribesmen, lush andimpenetrable jungles, stranded American fliers (one of them a dame withgreat gams, for heaven's sake), a startling rescue mission. . . . This is atrue story made in heaven for a writer as talented as Mitchell Zuckoff. Whew—what an utterly compelling and deeplysatisfying read!"" —Simon Winchester, author of Atlantic
Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoffunleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War IIrescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S.military personnel into a land that time forgot. Fans of Hampton Sides’ Ghost Soldiers, Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor, and David Grann’s The Lost Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff’s masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of danger, daring, determination, and discovery injungle-clad New Guinea during the final days of WWII.
Customer Reviews
Good story; So-so audio production
This is a well-written, interesting story that held my attention from start to finish.
That said, many times throughout the audio production, it seemed clear by either the production sound or the speaker’s tone that the recording had been stopped and then begun again at some later time. This would have been much less noticeable if these changes had been done at more logical spots, such as “scene” changes or chapter breaks.
While not surprising that recording breaks would be necessary during the reading/recording of an entire book, the change(s) in sound and/or delivery were a bit distracting at times. This seemed to happen more frequently earlier in the story than later.