Play Book Tag discussion

It all started as a pleasure trip to see the Lost Valley or Shangri-la of New Guinea. It was going to be an escape from the grind of war for service men and women. Mitchell Zuckoff the author of Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II details how it went terribly wrong for the service men and women aboard the plane and how the survivors were rescued.

The book had my attention from the moment it starts:

ON A RAINY day in May 1945, a Western Union messenger made his rounds through the quiet village of Owego, in upstate New York. Just outside downtown, he turned onto McMaster Street, a row of modest, well-kept homes shaded by sturdy elm trees. He slowed to a stop at a green, farm-style house with a small porch and empty flower boxes. As he approached the door, the messenger prepared for the hardest part of his job: delivering a telegram from the U.S. War Department.

Wait a second! Owego is just down the road from where I grew up. I wanted to find out about this. I found it really interesting and particularly the interaction between the tribe members and the survivors.

I thought that Zuckoff did a great job in describing all the people involved and it was quite intriguing to me.

OMG! My hometown! My parents must have known about this! I know that street, probably the house!

Now I absolutely have to read this too. Plus it sounds like quite a story.

I enjoyed this story! Glad you liked it too!

Theresa wrote: "OMG! My hometown! My parents must have known about this! I know that street, probably the house!

Now I absolutely have to read this too. Plus it sounds like auite a story."

I know! I had to put it in there for you! That is the first sentence. She was quite a celebrity there for a while, I guess.

Booknblues wrote: "Theresa wrote: "OMG! My hometown! My parents must have known about this! I know that street, probably the house!

Now I absolutely have to read this too. Plus it sounds like auite a story."

I kno..."

I thought you had done that for me, BnB. Thank you!

And small town, doesn't take much to be a celebrity. Somewhere in this apartment I have a massive book purporting to be an historic compilation of Owego and the area written by a father and son I knew growing up there. Might just have to find and look if in there.

Theresa wrote: "Booknblues wrote: "Theresa wrote: "OMG! My hometown! My parents must have known about this! I know that street, probably the house!

Now I absolutely have to read this too. Plus it sounds like aui..."

I think you will find it interesting.

I really enjoyed this one and was gobsmacked at the ingenuity of these people.