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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. But the pleasure tour became an unforgettable battle for survival when the plane crashed. Miraculously, th
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- Author
- Zuckoff, Mitchell
- Publisher
- HarperCollins e-books
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780061988349
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Memoir, Travel
- Rating
- 3.82 / 5 (29,004 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Lost in Shangri-la : a true story of survival, adventure, and the most incredible rescue mission of World War II (2011)
- Lost in Shangri-La : A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II (2013)
- Love Left Behind (2012)
- Lost in Shangri-La : A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II (2014)
- Frozen In Time An Epic Story Of Survival And A Modern Quest For The Lost Heroes Of World War Ii (2013)
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