TITLE:
81 days below zero : the incredible survival story of a World War II pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness / Brian Murphy with Toula Vlahou.
Alternate Title:
Incredible survival story of a World War II pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness
Eighty one days below zero
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
Boston, Mass. : Da Capo Press,
Physical Description:
238 p. : ill.
Additional Contributors:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780306823282
