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Louis Zamperini

Born

in New York, The United States

January 26, 1917

Died

July 02, 2014

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Sports

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Louis Zamperini is best known for Laura Hillenbrand's book "Unbroken: A WWII Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption".

Zamperini's life started out hard. Born to Italian immigrants in New York, his family moved to Torrance, California when Louis was a toddler. At the time Louie knew no English, making him the perfect target for bullies.

With a string of luck, Louie's older brother Pete got him into running. He set tons of records, and eventually made his way to the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the 5,000 meters at age 19, being the youngest U.S. qualifier for that event.

While training for the 1940 Olympics, WWII broke out and Louie became a second lieutenant. Deployed as a bombardier, their plane was badly damaged and crashed. Louie and his f ...more

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Average rating: 4.27 · 6,327 ratings · 774 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II by Louis Zamperini, David Rensin (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 3,721 ratings — published 2003 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life by Louis Zamperini, David Rensin (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,610 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Torrance Airport, California by Charles Lobb, Louis Zamperini (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II (2011) by Louis Zamperini, David Rensin (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unbroken: 7 Key Secrets to Become Successful Entrepreneur from 'Unbroken' Louis Zamperini by Louis Zamperini, Stephen Taylor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil at My Heels by Louis Zamperini, David Rensin (Goodreads Author), John McCain (Foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“One moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.”
― Louis Zamperini

tags: influential, inspirational, powerful

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“The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person's face. When you forgive, it's like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total.”
― Louis Zamperini, Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II

tags: christianity-and-alcohol, forgiveness, forgives, god, jesus, wwii

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“I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.”
― Louis Zamperini, Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II

tags: finishing, life, race

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