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Terror of the Autumn Skies
Blaine Pardoe
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Description for Terror of the Autumn Skies
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white plates. BIC Classification: BGH; HBWN; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 376.
Frank Luke, Jr. was an unlikely pilot. In the Great War, when fliers were still knights of the air,” Luke was an ungallant lonera kid from Arizona who collected tarantulas, shot buzzards, and boxed miners. But during two torrid weeks in September 1918, he was the deadliest man on the Western Front. In only ten missions, he destroyed fourteen heavily-defended German balloons and four airplanes, the second highest American tally in the entire war. Author Blaine Pardoe retraces and refreshes Frank Luke’s story through recently discovered correspondence. Frantic, short, and splendid, the life of Frank Luke, Jr. dramatizes the tragic ... Read more
Frank Luke, Jr. was an unlikely pilot. In the Great War, when fliers were still knights of the air,” Luke was an ungallant lonera kid from Arizona who collected tarantulas, shot buzzards, and boxed miners. But during two torrid weeks in September 1918, he was the deadliest man on the Western Front. In only ten missions, he destroyed fourteen heavily-defended German balloons and four airplanes, the second highest American tally in the entire war. Author Blaine Pardoe retraces and refreshes Frank Luke’s story through recently discovered correspondence. Frantic, short, and splendid, the life of Frank Luke, Jr. dramatizes the tragic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781616082949
SKU
V9781616082949
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99-15
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