Devotion : an epic story of heroism, friendship, and sacrifice

Makos, Adam, author.

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Makos tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy's most famous aviator duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American sharecropper's son from Mississippi, Jesse became the Navy's first black carrier pilot, defending a nation that wouldn't even serve him in a bar. Go into the c...

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ISBN:

9780804176583
9780593722336
0804176582

Edition:

Ballantine Books Trade Paperback edition

Description:

xv, 445 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm

Target Audience Note:

012+

Notes:

Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary
"Now a major motion picture"--Cover

Contents:

Ghosts and Shadows
The Lesson of a Lifetime
Swimming with Snakes
The Woods
The Renaissance Man
This Is Flying
So Far, So Fast
The Ring
The Pond
One for the Vultures
A Time for Faith
A Deadly Business --A Knock in the Night
The Dancing Fleet
The Reunion
Only in France
The Friendly Invasion
At First Sight
On Waves to War
The Longest Step
The Last Night in America
The Beast in the Gorge
Into the Fog
This Is It
Trust
He Might Be a Flyer
Home
The First Battle of World War III
The Sky Will Be Black
A Chill in the Night
A Taste of the Dirt
When the Deer Come Running
Backs to the Wall
A Smoke in the Cold
The Lost Legion
Burning the Woods
Into Hell Together
All theFaith in the World
Finality
With Deep Regret
To the Finish
The Gift
The Call from the Capital
The Message
Afterword

Control Number:

3213235

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