Laura Hillenbrand
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Maureen Corrigan's Favorite Books Of 2010
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Laura Hillenbrand is also the author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend. The book inspired the Academy Award-nominated film Seabiscuit. Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
The 'Unbroken' Spirit Of An Ordinary Hero
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Louis Zamperini peers over the hatch nose of his aircraft in 1943. Later that year, a crash involving a B-24 bomber similar to this one would land the former Olympian in a Japanese prison camp. AP hide caption
'Seabiscuit' Author's New Hero 'Unbroken' By War
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