Terror of the Autumn Skies: The True Story of Frank Luke, America's Rogue Ace of World War I (Proprietary)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 336 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781628738094
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781616082949
- Publisher:
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 02/08/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Blaine L. Pardoe
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.