American hero : the true story of Tommy Hitchcock : sports star, war hero, and champion of the war-winning P-51 Mustang /

Tommy Hitchcock: An American Hero intertwines the private lives of Tommy Hitchcock, an enormously wealthy socialite, and such notables as Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Averell Harriman, Ambassador to England Gil Winant, FDR, and General Hap Arnold, commander of the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII. To...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aldrich, Nelson W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Guildford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2016]
Temas:
Hitchcock, Thomas, > Jr., > 1900-1944.
Hitchcock, Thomas, > Jr., > 1900-1944
United States. > Army. > Air Service. > Aero Squadron, 103rd.
United States. > Army. > Air Service. > Aero Squadron, 103rd
1914-1945
Polo players > United States > Biography.
Bankers > United States > Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 > Air pilots, Military.
World War, 1939-1945 > Air pilots, Military.
Mustang (Fighter plane) > Merlin engines > Design and construction > History.
Banquiers > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Air pilots, Military
Bankers
Polo players
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; Chapter One. Aiken, Westbury, and St. Paul's School, 1900-1917; Chapter Two. France, 1917-1918; Chapter Three. Germany, 1918; Chapter Four. Freedom, 1918-1922; Chapter Five. New York, 1922-1927; Chapter Six. Courtship and Marriage, 1927-1929; Chapter Seven. The Thirties; Chapter Eight. Washington and London, 1940-1944; Epilogue: Tommy Hitchcock's Role in the Battle of the Atlantic; Appendix: Memories of a Hero; Index.

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