Vanished Hero

Author : Jay A. Stout
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612003966
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vanished Hero written by Jay A. Stout and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A superb, edge-of-the-seat account of [Elwyn] Righetti’s stellar combat career during the final months of the air war against Germany” (Eric Hammel, author of Two Flags over Iwo Jima). A hell-bent-for-leather fighter pilot, Elwyn G. Righetti remains one of the most unknown, yet most compelling, colorful and controversial commanders of World War II. Arriving late to the war, he led the England-based 55th Fighter Group against the Nazis during the closing months of the fight with a no-holds-barred aggressiveness that transformed the group from a middling organization of no reputation into a headline-grabbing team that made excuses to no one. Indeed, Righetti’s boldness paid off, as he quickly achieved ace status and scored more strafing victories—twenty-seven—than any other Eighth Air Force pilot. Ultimately, Righetti’s calculated recklessness ran full speed into the odds. His aircraft was hit while strafing an enemy airfield only four days before the 55th flew its last mission. Almost farcically aggressive to the end, he coaxed his crippled fighter through one more firing pass before making a successful crash landing. Immediately, he radioed his men that he was fine and asked that they reassure his family. Righetti was never heard from again. Vanished Hero tells a story “worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster . . . It is a fitting tribute to both Righetti and the man who collected his life’s journey” (Military Heritage). “An excellent biography of a true American hero . . . a worthy contribution to an understanding of the application of air power in the Second World War.” —History News Network

Author : AJ Cooper
Publisher : Realms of Varda
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quest for a Hero written by AJ Cooper and published by Realms of Varda. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of Thenai burns, and hopes for the military alliance it once led begin to falter. In the midst of the wreckage, rebels pick up the pieces and take the fight to their captors. Tasked with crushing the insurrection is Pereon, a foreigner with a mission he has hidden even from his closest allies. On the other side of the world, the amazon Khloe begins a desperate search for her friend, the hero Theron, believing if she finds him she can turn the tide of the war. But as the factions clash, a new conflict is rising no one foresaw, not between nations but between the old gods and the new. The seventh book of the Wind of Destiny series.

Author : Mrs. Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Missing Hero written by Mrs. Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Danielle Bouthillier
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1662462093
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hero written by Danielle Bouthillier and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-03-17 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a dark night, the son of a supervillain, Johnny, is saved by a mysterious stranger. Years later, Johnny stumbles upon Hero living in the streets and wallowing in self-pity. He invites the superhero into his office, where she tells him her life story, which is filled with abuse, poverty, and anxiety. While telling her life story, she reveals to him her real identity, the identity of her friends and family, and her weaknesses. Hero's role as a superhero is to save other people's lives in moments of danger and stress, but as a matter of fact, she is the one who needs real protection and support. At the end of her story, Johnny realizes that she is keeping a secret from her fiance and convinces her to go back to him and tell him her secret. Is it a trap? Is Johnny planning to capture Hero and hand her, and her secrets, over to his father, her archenemy? Or will he let her go to be reunited with her fiance? Is she hiding her superhero identity and superhuman powers from her fiance, or is her secret much darker and life-changing? This science fiction, drama, and action novel with a hint of romance is an unconventional and unique superhero story. Throughout the tale, the characterization is strong, memorable, and nuanced, suited to the intricate, powerful, and compelling narrative. This work is an immersive and gripping piece that will resonate deeply with the reader, and the assured writing style and the way that the story builds and sustains tension throughout ensures that it will keep readers engaged and entertained.

Author : Frederick E. Werbell
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Hero written by Frederick E. Werbell and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1982 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wallenberg's life was an enigma. His fate of one of the great unsolved mysteries of World War II. He was a handsome, aristocratic young diplomat from neutral Sweden who saved 30,000 Jews from the jaws of the Nazi death machine - only to disappear, at the war's end, into the silent hell of Soviet Prison.

Author : Debra N. Mancoff
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131771413X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Arthur's Modern Return written by Debra N. Mancoff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arthurian legend closes with a promise: On a distant day, when his country calls, the king will return. His lost realm will be regained, and his shattered dream of an ideal world will, at last, be realized. This collection of original essays explores the issue of return in the modern Arthurian legend. With an Introduction by noted scholar Raymond H. Thompson and 13 essays by authors from the fields of literature, art history, film history, and folklore, this collection reveals the flexibility of the legend. Just as the modern legend takes the form current to its generation, the myth of return generates a new legend with each telling. As these authors show, return can come in the form of a noble king or a Caribbean immigrant, with the mystery of an art theft or a dying boy's dream.

Author : Sarah Tytler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disappeared written by Sarah Tytler and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henrietta Keddie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disappeared, by Sarah Tytler written by Henrietta Keddie and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Finder
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429935669
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vanished written by Joseph Finder and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nick Heller is tough, smart, and stubborn. And in his line of work, it's essential. Trained in the Special Forces, Nick is a high-powered intelligence investigator--exposing secrets that powerful people would rather keep hidden. He's a guy you don't want to mess with. He's also the man you call when you need a problem fixed. Desperate, with nowhere else to run, Nick's nephew, Gabe makes that call one night. After being attacked in Georgetown, his mother, Lauren, lies in a coma, and his step-dad, Roger, Nick's brother, has vanished without a trace. Nick and Roger have been on the outs since the arrest, trial, and conviction of their father, the notorious "fugitive financier," Victor Heller. Where Nick strayed from the path, Roger followed their father's footsteps into the corporate world. Now, as Nick searches for his brother, he's on a collision course with one of the most powerful corporations in the world--and they will stop at nothing to protect their secrets, in Joseph Finder's thrilling Vanished.

Author : Wil S. Hylton
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1594632863
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vanished written by Wil S. Hylton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a mesmerizing storyteller, the gripping search for a missing World War II crew, their bomber plane, and their legacy. In the fall of 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men vanished over the Pacific islands of Palau, leaving a trail of mysteries. According to mission reports from the Army Air Forces, the plane crashed in shallow water—but when investigators went to find it, the wreckage wasn’t there. Witnesses saw the crew parachute to safety, yet the airmen were never seen again. Some of their relatives whispered that they had returned to the United States in secret and lived in hiding. But they never explained why. For sixty years, the U.S. government, the children of the missing airmen, and a maverick team of scientists and scuba divers searched the islands for clues. With every clue they found, the mystery only deepened. Now, in a spellbinding narrative, Wil S. Hylton weaves together the true story of the missing men, their final mission, the families they left behind, and the real reason their disappearance remained shrouded in secrecy for so long. This is a story of love, loss, sacrifice, and faith—of the undying hope among the families of the missing, and the relentless determination of scientists, explorers, archaeologists, and deep-sea divers to solve one of the enduring mysteries of World War II.