Laura Hillenbrand's 2010 narrative non-fiction biography of Louis Zamperini — Olympic runner, WWII bombardier, Pacific raft survivor, Japanese POW — which became one of the best-selling works of narrative non-fiction ever published.
Provides the most compelling narrative case study in human physical and psychological endurance — making Zamperini's story the definitive resilience reference for a popular audience — and demonstrates that narrative non-fiction with documentary precision can achieve the emotional impact of the best fiction.
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