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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/791682283 Title: A higher call Author: Adam Makos; Larry Alexander Publisher: New York : Berkley Books, 2013. ISBN/ISSN: 9780425252864 0425252868 OCLC:791682283

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A higher call

Author:	Adam Makos; Larry Alexander
Publisher:	New York : Berkley Books, 2013.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	Charlie Brown; Franz Stigler
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Adam Makos; Larry Alexander Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780425252864 0425252868
OCLC Number:	791682283
Description:	viii, 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	A stranger in my own land -- Follow the eagles -- A feather in the wind -- Fire free -- The desert amusement park -- The stars of Africa -- The homecoming -- Welcome to Olympus -- The unseen hand -- The Berlin bear -- The farm boy -- The quiet ones -- The lives of nine -- The boxer -- A higher call -- The third pilot -- Pride -- Stick close to me -- The downfall -- The flying sanatorium -- We are the air force -- The squadron of experts -- The last of the German fighter pilots -- Where bombs had fallen -- Was it worth it?
Responsibility:	Adam Makos with Larry Alexander.

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This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.

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