Screen LibraryDouble ace : the life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., pilot, hero, and teller of tall tales /
"Recounts the storied life and military career of the American flying Ace who flew missions in China alongside the "Flying Tigers" during World War II and helped found Georgia's Museum of Aviation, "--NoveList.
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| Published: |
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Recounts the storied life and military career of the American flying Ace who flew missions in China alongside the "Flying Tigers" during World War II and helped found Georgia's Museum of Aviation, "--NoveList. |
| Item Description: | "Thomas Dunne Books." |
| Carrier Form: | x, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-310) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781250040183 (hardcover) : 1250040183 (hardcover) 9781466835429 (e-book) 1466835427 (e-book) |
| Index Number: | UG626 |
| CLC: | K837.125.2 |
| Call Number: | K837.125.2/S428C |
| Contents: | Georgia boy -- Failure -- West Point -- Bugling -- Flying and driving -- Learning the trade -- Dark nights of the soul -- The fortress falls -- Wedding bells and distant trumpets -- Extra duty -- Orchids and pigs and, oh my, the training command -- California dreaming -- War tocsins -- "You are not blooded" -- Hold my beer -- The flight to destiny -- At the end of the world -- The Hump -- Flying Tiger -- Glory -- Leaving China -- Home is the hero -- On the road again -- The book ... and the movie -- Good reviews ... and bad -- Movie star -- Chiaroscuro -- Twilight -- The more things change - |