"Devotion 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."--Provided by publisher.
Record details
ISBN:9780804176606 (pbk.)
ISBN:9780804176583
ISBN:0804176582
Physical Description:xv, 445 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York : Ballantine Books, [2015]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-443).
Formatted Contents Note:
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 the faith in the world -- Finality -- With deep regret -- To the finish -- The gift -- The call from the Capital -- The message.
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