Indestructible : one man's rescue mission that changed the course of WWII
Record details
- ISBN: 0316464309
- ISBN: 9780316464307
- ISBN: 9780316339391
- ISBN: 0316339407
- ISBN: 9780316339407
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Physical Description:
xviii, 523 pages, 8 unnumbered pages plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-512) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1 Philippine odyssey -- The last normal day -- The mysterious traveler -- Into the storm -- The voice of Manila -- The day of fiestas -- Terror in the night -- Silver screen scenes -- Running toward trouble -- The middle-aged recruit -- Outlaw son of a lawman -- The noose -- American red baron -- Refugee allies -- Routine in chaos -- Christmas eve -- The last broadcast -- Part 2 The legend of Pappy Gunn -- Early legends -- The perilous consequence of not in stock -- Daniel Boone of the Dutch East Indies -- Eighth avenue rules -- Pappy and Miss EMF -- Voiding the warranty -- Where the weak are prey -- Wainwright to Macarthur: where is Captain Gunn? -- The indomitable luck of Pappy Gunn -- The Canberra commandos and the numerous troubles that ensued -- Killing Von Gronau -- Secrets, spies, and mystery holes -- Survival versus sin -- The death-dealing sweetheart with the Jack Dempsey crouch -- "The gun-craziest man I ever met" -- Bust 'em George, the undocumented renegade general -- Clara Crosby comes of age -- Margaret, pappy's radical, scrappy, lethal engine of death -- The war on hope -- Blood and fire -- Reconnections and revolutions -- Part 3 Homeward bound -- Later legends -- Gunship summer -- Miss Priss strikes back -- The pinky and the lungs -- On the tail of Custer's ghost -- The vow of last resort -- Pappy's final battle -- The sweet Georgia peach -- War made animals of men -- Ward Six. |
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