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PublisherSkyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-101616082941
ISBN-139781616082949
eBay Product ID (ePID)99722927
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Book TitleTerror of the Autumn Skies : the True Story of Frank Luke, America's Rogue Ace of World War I
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
TopicEurope / Germany, Military / United States, Military / World War I, Military / Aviation, Military
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorBlaine Pardoe
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight13.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisFrank Luke, Jr. was an unlikely pilot. In the Great War, when fliers were still "knights of the air," Luke was an ungallant loner--a 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 intervention of an American spirit in the war that devastated Europe.
