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ANTHC Leadership Book Club Meeting
October 18, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Join us in Zoom (https://anthc.zoom.us/j/96342436545) for the Leadership Book Club Discussion from 12-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.
The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.
Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.
Upcoming Book Club Discussions:
November Leadership Book Theme: Alaska Native Leadership
Art and Eskimo Power: The Life and Times of Alaskan Howard Rock by Lael Morgan
December Leadership Book Theme: Leadership Goes to the Movies
Women of the White Buffalo (2022) directed by Deborah Anderson
January Leadership Book Theme: Emerging Leaders
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute
Classes are listed in HealthStream.
Any questions please email training@anthc.org or call 907-729-1301
