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"Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump), The Aviators tells the saga of three extraordinary aviators--Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle--and how they redefine heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage. From Winston Groom, the best-selling author of Forrest Gump, Shiloh 1862, and Vicksburg 1863, comes the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during...
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Nathan Hale's hazardous tales volume 7
Pub. Date
2017.
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IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
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Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 brought the United States into World War II. This installment of Hale's #1 New York Times-bestselling series tells the story of Doolittle's Raiders, 80 American pilots led by Lt. Colonel James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle who took off from an aircraft carrier on a top secret mission to bomb Japan in April 1942.
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2020
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A thrilling narrative that reveals a key but untold story from World War II: The Doolittle Raids and the international war crimes trial that changed history. In 1942, freshly humiliated from the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt demanded a show of strength against the Japanese. Jimmy Doolittle, a stunt pilot with a doctorate from MIT, came forward and led eighty young men on a seemingly impossible mission across the Pacific. Dubbed "The...
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[2001]
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IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
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Examines the lives and achievements of eight pioneers of aviation, including the Montgolfier brothers, inventors of the hot-air balloon; Bessie Coleman, the first African-American female pilot; and Beryl Markham, the first pilot to cross the Atlantic, east to west.
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