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Terror of the Autumn Skies : The True Story of Frank Luke, America's Rogue Ace of World War I by Blaine Pardoe (2008, Hardcover)
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Frank 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.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSkyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-101602392528
ISBN-139781602392526
eBay Product ID (ePID)64498047
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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 Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEurope / Germany, Military / World War I, Military / Aviation, Military
Publication Year2008
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorBlaine Pardoe
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height6.4 in
Item Weight21.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisA biography of the Arizona Balloon Buster, the first pilot to win the Congressional Medal of Honor. Frank 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, a rampage unequalled even by the dreaded von Richtofen, and the second highest American tally of the entire war. Cocksure and constantly reprimanded, Luke was actually under arrest on the day of his final flight, but he stole a plane to join the fatal action that won him the first Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to a pilot. Blaine Pardoe retraces and refreshes Frank Luke's story through recently discovered correspondence. What emerges is a portrait of a life out of an Old West that was, by the late Teens, colliding with modernity. Frantic, short, and splendid, the life of Frank Luke dramatizes the tragic intervention of an American spirit in the war that devastated Europe. 30 b/w photographs., Frank 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.
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- Apr 18, 2024
Worth the time to read.
This one is put together in an odd way, the author describes most of the characters that will appear in the story to be told about the hero, then he dives into the story. It takes a little while to get started but it's well worth the time when you see how it works out. This biography also lays out how many of the other books on Frank Luke are almost pure fiction. I enjoyed it and I'm passing it along to my son.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Sep 10, 2023
Photo better than the prose
Tough subject of an obscure character in American military aviation. The writer's style is a bit awkward. Eddie Rickenbacker's "Fighting the Flying Circus" in 1919 is slightly easier to read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
