Lost In Shangri-La

Product Description

An utterly gripping non-fiction adventure narrative, ' Lost in Shangri-La' is an untold true story of war, anthropology, survival, discovery, heroism, & a near-impossible rescue mission. Three months before the end of World War II, a U.S. Army plane flying over New Guinea's Baliem Valley crashed in uncharted mountains inhabited by a Stone Age tribe. Nineteen passengers & crew were killed & two were mortally wounded. But somehow three survived: a lieutenant whose twin brother died in the crash, a sergeant who suffered terrible head wounds, & a beautiful member of the Women's Army Corps. Hurt, unarmed & afraid, they prayed for deliverance
- from their wounds, from the elements, & from the spear-carrying, Dani tribesmen who roamed the mountains, men who were untouched by modernity. For seven weeks, the survivors experienced one remarkable adventure after another, until they were rescued in a truly incredible mission. Rounding out the true-life cast is a rogue filmmaker who'd left Hollywood after being exposed as a jewel-thief; a smart-alek pilot who flew best when his plane had no engine, & a cowboy colonel whose rescue plan seemed designed to increase the death toll. Using a huge range of sources, including first hand accounts from the survivors themselves, Mitchell Zuckoff exposes the enlightening & terrifying adventure of three individuals lost on uncharted soil & the relationships they built not only with each other, but also with a lost civilization.