Top 10 real-life adventure stories

7. Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II, by Mitchell Zuckoff

“Shangri-La” is the story of three American survivors of a plane crash in Dutch New Guinea and their tense encounters with enemy Japanese soldiers and primitive natives, all while trying to stay alive in the mountainous jungle. The dangerous rescue mission carried out by Filipino-American paratroopers is also included in what Amazon.com has listed as one of the best books of 2011 so far.

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