Lost in Shangri-la

Description:

Describes the 1945 odyssey of three plane crash survivors in New Guinea who endured a harrowing journey through the jungle to seek help, their encounter with a primitive tribe who had never seen white people, and their eventual rescue by a band of paratroopers.

subjects: United States,  Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks,  Search and rescue operations,  World War, 1939-1945,  American Aerial operations,  Primitive societies,  Missing in action,  United States. Army Air Forces,  Aircraft accidents,  New York Times bestseller,  nyt:e-book_nonfiction=2011-04-23,  Airplane crash survival,  nyt:hardcover_political_books=2011-08-27,  Survival,  American,  World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924,  Aerial Military operations,  Armed Forces,  Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.,  World war, 1939-1945, pacific area,  World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, american,  United states, army air forces,  New guinea, history

Places: United States,  New Guinea