The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II
by Judith M. Heimann
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- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0156033259
- ISBN 13
- 9780156033251
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About This Item
Harcourt Publishers,U.S., 2008. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. A Harvest Book, First Harvest Edition 2008. Illustrated Soft Covers, 289 Bright, White Pages With B/W Photos Insert. Bookstore Stamped Address On Inside Back Cover. Back Of Covers White, One Light Stain On Backside Of Front Cover, No Other Marks. Clean Reading Copy. (See Photos) (519O-Q).
Synopsis
N ovember 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast. Instead they found themselves unexpectedly facing a Japanese fleetand were shot down. When they cut themselves loose from their parachutes, they were scattered across the island’s mountainous interior. Then a group of loincloth-wearing natives silently materialized out of the jungle. Would these Dayak tribesmen turn the starving airmen over to the hostile Japanese occupiers? Or would the Dayaks risk vicious reprisals to get the airmen safely home? The tribal leaders’ unprecedented decision led to a desperate game of hide-and-seek, and, ultimately, the return of a long-renounced ritual: head-hunting. A cinematic survival story that features a bamboo airstrip built on a rice paddy, a mad British major, and a blowpipe-wielding army that helped destroy one of the last Japanese strongholds, The Airmen and the Headhunters is a gripping, you-are-there journey into the remote world and forgotten heroism of the Dayaks.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8007890
- Title
- The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II
- Author
- Judith M. Heimann
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0156033259
- ISBN 13
- 9780156033251
- Publisher
- Harcourt Publishers,U.S.
- Place of Publication
- Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Heroes, Ww11.
- Bookseller catalogs
- History-American;
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