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A modern classic by an american legend, devil at my heels is the. I wont spoil the movie or book for anyone, but this man endured being in the 1936 olympics in germany and meeting hitler, being lost at sea. Zamperini wrote two memoirs about his experiences, both bearing the same title, devil at my heels, but with different coauthors and content. Devil at my heels a heroic olympians astonishing story of. A heroic olympians astonishing story of survival as a japanese pow. The movie and other book missed the point entirely louies descent into his darkest hour of resentment, anger and self pity over his treatment by his japanese. Devil at my heels ebook christian book distributors. A heroic olympians astonishing story of survival as a japanese pow in world war ii louis zamperini, david rensin published by harper paperbacks 2003. Some may complain that louie spent most of his book tooting his own.
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