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DEVIL AT MY HEELS - THE STORY OF LOUIS ZAMPERINI

DEVIL AT MY HEELS - THE STORY OF LOUIS ZAMPERINI

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Autobiography of Louis Zamperini, who ran the 5000 metres in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, was a POW in Japan and later befriended the Evangelist Billy Graham, who helped launch his new career as a Christian inspirational speaker. Zamperini died in 2014 at the age of 97. His life is now the subject of a major Hollywood film, Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie.

First edition. 8vo. 251pp. Dust-wrapper, rubbed to edges with small pieces missing from head and tail of spine. There is also a tear across one corner of the back cover. Spine a little faded. A good copy of a very collectable book.

Date
1956
Publisher
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.
Author
Louis ZAMPERINI with Helen ITRIA

£200.00 (Code: 77480)

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