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Double ace : the life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., pilot, hero, and teller of tall tales

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: x, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781250040183
  • 1250040183
  • 9781466835429
  • 1466835427
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 358.40092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • UG626.2.S36 C67 2016
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.
Summary: "Recounts the storied life and military career of the American flying Ace who flew missions in China alongside the (3z(BFlying Tigers(3y (Bduring World War II and helped found Georgia's Museum of Aviation,"--NoveList.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction B SCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000543508

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.

"Recounts the storied life and military career of the American flying Ace who flew missions in China alongside the (3z(BFlying Tigers(3y (Bduring World War II and helped found Georgia's Museum of Aviation,"--NoveList.

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