by Laura Hillenbrand, 2010, Random House, New York

This is an excellent biography of a World War II hero.  The book details the life of Louis Zamparini and how he survived a POW camp in Japan.  The details of the brutal treatment in the prison camp is horrific and the author does a pretty good job of showing the long-term effects on the soldiers after returning from the war.

Hillenbrand becomes so close to her subject that it seems at times that the story is unbelievable.  Despite this tendency, the book is a very good read.