Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption is a 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, author of the best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend (2001). Unbroken is a biography of World War II hero Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in the Pacific theater, spent 47 days drifting on a raft, and then survived more than two and a half years as a prisoner of war in three brutal Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.

Unbroken has spent more than four years on The New York Times best seller list, 14 weeks at number one, it is the 5th longest-running nonfiction best seller of all time.

Awards and honors

 * 2010 Publishers Weekly "Top 10 Best Books"
 * 2010 New York Times bestseller (Nonfiction)
 * 2010 Time magazine's "Top 10 Nonfiction Books" (#1)
 * 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist (Biography)
 * 2011 Indies Choice Book Awards (Adult Non-Fiction)
 * 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize shortlist
 * 2012 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction longlist

Adaptation
A feature film based on the book was adapted by Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures. Angelina Jolie directed this film while the Coen brothers, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson wrote the screenplay. Jack O'Connell portrays Louis Zamperini and the film had its general release on Christmas, 2014.