David rensin worked closely with louis zamperini for many years and cowrote devil at my heels, as well as fifteen other books, including five new york times. Olympian, world war ii bombardier, and pow survivor louis zamperini. Jul 02, 2014 louis would later return to japan where he visited the prison holding many of the guards from the pow camp where he was held during the war. Zamperini is the subject of laura hillenbrands bestselling book unbroken. The bestselling autobiography of the legendary louis zamperini, hero of the blockbuster unbrokena modern classic by an american legend, devil at my heels is the riveting and deeply personal memoir by u. Zamperini s story was told in his 2003 autobiography devil at my heels, as well as in laura hillenbrands 2010 biography unbroken.
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