A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.

This book, in graphic novel format, tells of Lee's surrender to Grant at the end of the Civil War, as he recalls some of the war's most significant battles.