{"product_id":"way-of-a-fighter-the-memoirs-of-claire-lee-chennault-edited-by-robert-hotz","title":"WAY OF A FIGHTER: The Memoirs of Claire Lee Chennault edited by Robert Hotz","description":"\u003cp\u003eWAY OF A FIGHTER: The Memoirs of Claire Lee Chennault, Major General, US Army (Ret)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eedited by Robert Hotz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1949, 1st edition \u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 140 w x 215 h x 35 d\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 375\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A5\/2507\/0365\/K582\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nChennault joined the army during World War I but never got to the front and not until the war was over did he achieve his goal of becoming a pilot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy all accounts, he was a great one. \"Nobody flies a plane like the Old Man,\" said one of his admirers. He rapidly hit a ceiling in the Air Corps, however, and was eased out in 1937 and went to China as air adviser to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1940-41 he organized the American Volunteer Group that would become immortal as the \"Flying Tigers\"--and cinch Chennault's own claim to fame as the maverick who managed to do what the generals could not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes monochrome images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\n**No dust jacket - first image for illustrative purposes only.**\u003cbr\u003e\nTidy reading copy, clean, complete and intact, stamped ex-library, remains of dust jacket pasted onto end paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452501147940,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2231882092.jpg?v=1783481755","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/way-of-a-fighter-the-memoirs-of-claire-lee-chennault-edited-by-robert-hotz","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}