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Coram, Robert, author.
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Scott, Robert Lee, Jr., 1908-2006.
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 23rd.
United States. Air Force -- Biography.
Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- China.
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Double ace : the lif...
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Double ace : the life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., pilot, hero, and teller of tall tales / Robert Coram.
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Coram, Robert, author.
New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Subjects
Scott, Robert Lee, Jr., 1908-2006.
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 23rd.
United States. Air Force -- Biography.
Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- China.
ISBN:
9781250040183 (hardcover) :
1250040183 (hardcover)
Description:
x, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
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 -- Still in the race -- Resurrection -- At last -- One more mission -- Mission accomplished.
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"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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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
358.40092 Scott Co
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Adult Biography
B Scott Co
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