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Double ace : the life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., pilot, hero, and teller of tall tales / Robert Coram.
- Title
- Double ace : the life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., pilot, hero, and teller of tall tales / Robert Coram.
- Author
- Coram, Robert
- Publication
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press, 2016.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | UG626.2.S36 C67 2016 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 324 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- Generals
- Fighter pilots
- Biographies
- 1939-1945
- China
- Military operations, Aerial > American
- Military campaigns
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > China
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
- Generals > United States > Biography
- Fighter pilots > United States > Biography
- World War (1939-1945)
- United States > Army Air Forces > Fighter Group, 23rd
- Scott, Robert Lee, Jr., 1908-2006
- United States > Air Force > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-310) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781250040183 (hardcover)
- 1250040183 (hardcover)
- 1466835427
- 9781466835429
- 9781466835429 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2016002478
- OCLC
- 918994595
- SCSB-12848148
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library