A Higher Call
by Adam Makos
Taste attributes: biographywardocumentaryhistoricalfresh & originalheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunlikely connectionsrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, stirring biography, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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4.6 / 5
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About This Book
This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.
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- Author
- Adam Makos
- Published
- 2013
- Pages
- 402
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- Open Library
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