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The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Publication date October 8, 2007
Pages 289
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780151014347
ISBN-10 0151014345
Dimensions 1 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.21 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $26.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Describes how the American Army crew of a B-24 bomber, shot down over Japanese-occupied Borneo in November 1944 were rescued by native Dayak tribesmen, one-time headhunters who returned to their long-renounced ritual in order to protect the airmen and help bring down one of Japan's final strongholds.
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Hardcover
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from Houghton Mifflin (October 8, 2007)
9780151014347 | details & prices | 289 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.21 lbs | List price $26.00
About: November 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast.
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Mariner Books (January 15, 2009)
9780156033251 | details & prices | 289 pages | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $15.95
Miscellaneous
from Houghton Mifflin (January 15, 2009)
9780547416069 | details & prices | List price $15.00
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781400105090 Book cover for 9781400135097 Book cover for 9781400155095
 
With Susan Ericksen (other contributor) | Mp3 una edition from Tantor Media Inc (November 12, 2007)
9781400155095 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $24.99
About: Describes how the American Army crew of a B-24 bomber, shot down over Japanese-occupied Borneo in November 1944, were rescued by native Dayak tribesmen, one-time headhunters who returned to their long-renounced ritual in order to protect the airmen.
With Susan Ericksen (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Tantor Media Inc (November 1, 2007)
9781400135097 | details & prices | 6.75 × 6.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $69.99
About: Describes how the American Army crew of a B-24 bomber, shot down over Japanese-occupied Borneo in November 1944, were rescued by native Dayak tribesmen, one-time headhunters who returned to their long-renounced ritual in order to protect the airmen.
With Susan Ericksen (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Tantor Media Inc (November 1, 2007)
9781400105090 | details & prices | 6.50 × 5.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $34.99
About: Describes how the American Army crew of a B-24 bomber, shot down over Japanese-occupied Borneo in November 1944, were rescued by native Dayak tribesmen, one-time headhunters who returned to their long-renounced ritual in order to protect the airmen.

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