Don't Give Up, Don't Give In

Lessons from an Extraordinary Life

By: Louis Zamperini, David Rensin

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

New York Times bestseller

More than 100,000 copies in print

Completed just two days before Louis Zamperini’s death at age ninety-seven, Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In shares a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and humor from “one of the most incredible American lives of the past century” (People). Zamperini’s story has touched millions through Laura Hillenbrand’s biography Unbroken and its blockbuster movie adaptation directed by Angelina Jolie. Now, in his own words, Zamperini reveals with warmth and great charm the essential values and lessons that sustained him throughout his remarkable journey.

He was a youthful troublemaker from California who turned his life around to become a 1936 Olympian. Putting aside his track career, he volunteered for the army before Pearl Harbor and was thrust into World War II as a B-24 bombardier. While on a rescue mission, his plane went down in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where he survived against all odds, drifting two thousand miles in a small raft for forty-seven days. His struggle was only beginning: Zamperini was captured by the Japanese, and for more than two years he courageously endured torture and psychological abuse in a series of prisoner-of-war camps. He returned home to face more dark hours, but in 1949 Zamperini’s life was transformed by a spiritual rebirth that would guide him through the next sixty-five years of his long and happy life. Louis Zamperini’s Don’t Give Up, Don’t Give In is an extraordinary last testament that captures the wisdom of a life lived to the fullest.

Inspiring read!

Would you listen to Don't Give Up, Don't Give In again? Why?

Absolutely! Louie's words of wisdom, humor and insight made this a simple and fun book to listen to.

A inspirational book about a true American Hero.

A inspirational book about a true American Hero, how he survived and how his faith saved him & many others.

Great story

What a great story and example of how God can use every aspect of our lives for his glory and the power of forgiveness! Louis Zamperini gives us all a great example of how we should handle adversity and pain in our lives. I hope one day to be able to model myself after him in the area of forgiveness and staying positive. This book was well worth “reading” and I plan to recommend it to others. I am sure God is enjoying having Louis with him in heaven and Louis is experiencing new adventures.

Inspirational

Amazing and inspirational life that will encourage you on your life's journey. I highly recommend. Great narrator as well.

Very good

wish I had read this many years ago. I hope to read to my granddaughters.