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Summary: A true hero.
Review: This story of Chuck Yeager's life is amazing. Breaking the Sound Barrier is just one of the few things he did to push the outside of that envelope.
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Summary: God Awful
Review: This was the most god-awful piece of crap ever. I was forced to read it in high school and I'm still emotionally scarred. However, if you are into reading about arrogant, self-centered people who love to praise themselves, by all means buy this book.
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Summary: Great Action all the way through!
Review: What a life Chuck Yeager has had. Countless contributions to aviation and the space race. This book tells a terrific story of a man who made the most of every break he got. Obviously an inspiration for anybody who thinks they should be doing what they love and not just what gives them a paycheck. A must read if you're a life enthusiast of any type.
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Summary: Yeah!
Review: Yeager is an amazing man, and this is an amazing book. It opens with a 'hook', an exciting passage from flying the X-1 that leaves you hanging and entices you to read the book. But once you get into it, no literary techniques are needed to keep you reading. He is just an amazing man, ergo, so is this autobiography.The sections on his childhood are mercifully short; no one is reading the book to know what he did as a child. The WWII fighter pilot sections were a very pleasant suprise. I knew he was an ace, but I didn't know about his escape through France when he was downed, or about how he became an ace-in-a-day. The sections on the breaking the sound barrier are just filled with details, insight, and excitement. This is the best part of the book. The latter sections of the book continue with his exploits in Germany, Korea, Vietnam, and space school are interesting. The book tales off a little at the end with his description of Pakistan, but even this boring chapter is more exciting than most people's lives (so who am I to criticize!) You won't be sorry...this is a great read.
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Summary: A straight shooting biography of several amazing lives.
Review: Yeager personafied the WWII generation, the finest ever produced by America. His humble description of his amazing life is inspiring to all and incredible to those with a love of aviation. Besides his own history, he chronicles the life of several other people, such as lady pilots Pancho Barnes and Jackie Cochran, who also lived lives that read like movie scripts. A book that has to be read several times to be fully appreciated. Also check out "The First and the Last", by Adolf Galland, for an equally unusual true account by a great aviator and leader. Farron Dacus, Irving, Texas.
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