Title Double ace : the life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., pilot, hero, and teller of tall tales / Robert Coram.

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New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2016.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Farmington, Barney Branch - Adult Department	358.4 COR	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography	B-SCOTT COR	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	358.4 C81	Check Shelf
Portland Public Library - Adult Department	BIOG SCOTT, ROBERT LEE	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	x, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-310) and index.
Contents	Georgia boy -- Failure -- West Point -- Bugling -- Flying and driving -- Learning the trade -- Dark nights of the soul -- The fortress falls -- Wedding bells and distant trumpets -- Extra duty -- Orchids and pigs and, oh my, the training command -- California dreaming -- War tocsins -- "You are not blooded" -- Hold my beer -- The flight to destiny -- At the end of the world -- The Hump -- Flying Tiger -- Glory -- Leaving China -- Home is the hero -- On the road again -- The book ... and the movie -- Good reviews ... and bad -- Movie star -- Chiaroscuro -- Twilight -- The more things change -- Still in the race -- Resurrection -- At last -- One more mission -- Mission accomplished.
Summary	"Recounts the storied life and military career of the American flying Ace who flew missions in China alongside the Flying Tigers during World War II and helped found Georgia's Museum of Aviation,"--NoveList.
Subject	Scott, Robert Lee, Jr., 1908-2006.
	Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
	Generals -- United States -- Biography.
	United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 23rd.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- China.
	United States. Air Force -- Biography.
	Scott, Robert Lee, Jr., 1908-2006. (OCoLC)fst01801528
	United States. Air Force. (OCoLC)fst00538280
	United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 23rd. (OCoLC)fst00586714
	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
	Fighter pilots. (OCoLC)fst00923988
	Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
	Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
	Military operations, Aerial -- American. (OCoLC)fst01710199
	China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1939-1945
Genre/Form	Biographies (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Biographies.
ISBN	9781250040183 (hardcover)
	1250040183 (hardcover)

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