Considine, Bob 1906-1975

Thirty seconds over Tokyo by Ted W Lawson( Book )
26 editions published between 1943 and 2007 in English and French and held by 1,621 libraries worldwide
From the Publisher: Ted W. Lawson's classic Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo appears in an enhanced reprint edition for the sixtieth anniversary of the legendary Doolittle Raid on Japan. "One of the worst feelings about that time," Ted W. Lawson writes, "was that there was no tangible enemy. It was like being slugged with a single punch in a dark room, and having no way of knowing where to slug back." He added, "And, too, there was a helpless, filled-up, want-to-do-something feeling that [the Japanese] weren't coming -- that we'd have to go all the way over there to punch back and get even." Which is what "the Tokyo Raiders" did. Lawson gives a vivid eyewitness account of the unorthodox assignment that eighty-five intrepid volunteer airmen under the command of celebrated flier James H. Doolittle executed in April 1942. The plan called for sixteen B-25 twin-engine medium bombers of the Army Air Forces to take off from the aircraft carrier Hornet, bomb industrial targets in Japan, and land at airfields in China. While the raid came off flawlessly, completely surprising the enemy, bad weather, darkness, and a shortage of fuel caused by an early departure took a heavy toll on the raiders. For many, the escape from China proved a greater ordeal. This anniversary edition features a foreword by noted aviation writer Peter B. Mersky and an introduction by Mrs. Ellen R. Lawson, Ted Lawson's widow, as well as twice as many photographs as the original book, several published here for the first time.

General Wainwright's story : the account of four years of humiliating defeat, surrender, and captivity by Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright( Book )
8 editions published between 1946 and 1970 in English and held by 912 libraries worldwide

They rose above it : true stories about men, women, and children who fought back in the face of pain, doubt, and dismay by Bob Considine( Book )
3 editions published in 1977 in English and held by 769 libraries worldwide

It's all news to me; a reporter's deposition by Bob Considine( Book )
3 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 741 libraries worldwide

The Panama Canal by Bob Considine( Book )
6 editions published between 1951 and 1994 in 3 languages and held by 685 libraries worldwide
Brave and brilliant men gave their courage and talents to building the canal. How the job was started and carried through is told in this book by Bob Considine, a columnist and veteran war correspondent.

The Babe Ruth story by Babe Ruth( Book )
5 editions published between 1948 and 1992 in English and held by 657 libraries worldwide

The remarkable life of Dr. Armand Hammer by Bob Considine( Book )
4 editions published between 1975 and 1983 in English and Bulgarian and held by 591 libraries worldwide

It's the Irish by Bob Considine( Book )
2 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 467 libraries worldwide

Ripley, the modern Marco Polo by Bob Considine( Book )
2 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 392 libraries worldwide

Dempsey, by the man himself by Jack Dempsey( Book )
1 edition published in 1960 in English and held by 334 libraries worldwide