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81 days below zero : the incredible survival story of a World War II pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness / Brian Murphy with Toula Vlahou.

Murphy, Brian, 1959- (author.). Vlahou, Toula, (author.).

Summary:

"Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned: Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks and, amazingly, walked out of the ordeal intact. 81 Days Below Zero recounts, for the first time, the full story of Crane's remarkable saga. In a drama of staggering resolve with moments of phenomenal luck, Crane learned to survive in the Yukon's unforgiving landscape. His is a tale of the human capacity to endure extreme conditions and intense loneliness-and emerge stronger than before "-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780306824524
ISBN: 0306824523
Physical Description: x, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2016.
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-226) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One December 21, 1943 -- ch. Two December 22, 1943 -- ch. Three December 23, 1943 -- ch. Four June 23, 1994 -- ch. Five December 25, 1943 -- ch. Six December 29, 1943 -- ch. Seven December 29, 1943 -- ch. Eight December 30, 1943 -- ch. Nine August 31, 2006 -- ch. Ten January 10, 1944 -- ch. Eleven January 19, 1944 -- ch. Twelve February 10, 1944 -- ch. Thirteen September 15, 2006 -- ch. Fourteen March 3, 1944 -- ch. Fifteen March 9, 1944 -- ch. Sixteen March 10, 1944 -- ch. Seventeen March 13, 1944 -- ch. Eighteen March 14, 1944 -- ch. Nineteen March 7, 2007 -- ch. Twenty September 7, 2007.