YEAGER
by General Chuck
Yeager and Leo Janos
An autobiography of Chuck
Yeager. General Chuck Yeager was the first man to fly faster
than the speed of sound. In World War Two he shot down a Messerschmitt
jet with a P-51 Mustang. He joined the Air Force at 18. During
WW II he was shot down over occupied France and escaped with
the help of the French resistance. In 1947 he won world-wide
recognition as a test pilot when he broke the sound barrier in
the Bell X-1 while flying despite cracked ribs from a riding
accident. He commanded a fighter squadron in Europe, flew tactical
bombers in Southeast Asia and supervised military defense in
the Pakistan-India war. Told in his own words with reminiscences
from his wife, Glennis and friends and colleagues who knew him
best. Includes approximately 13 pages of black and white photographs.
Published in 1985 by Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-05093-1 Hard cover.
Measures 8.75 inches high by 5.75 inches wide. 342 pages including
the index. The dust jacket has seen better days but the book
itself is in excellent condition.
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