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Title: I Could Never Be So Lucky Again : An Autobiography by Carroll V. Glines, James Doolittle ISBN: 0-553-58464-2 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 24 April, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: You Could Do Little To Belittle Doolittle
Comment: I COULD NEVER BE SO LUCKY AGAIN, written when Jimmy Doolittle was in his nineties, is a thoroughly refreshing glimpse through a glass lightly at a truly rare bird, a genuine American hero.
Written in the nonrevisionist tenor of PRIDE OF THE YANKEES, Doolittle's life story is told in a straightforward style in which the man fairly leaps off the page at you to grab you in a bear hug. Jimmy Doolittle lived to be nearly one hundred, and his zest for life explains why.
Best known for leading the "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" Raid of 1942, Doolittle did so much more. A true aviation pioneer,barnstormer, inventor, and rugged individualist, he was also the holder of an engineering doctorate, literally dozens of piloting records, and was a happily married man, to boot.
There are no skeletons unearthed, and no deep critiques of the literally thousands of people who passed through Jimmy Doolittle's life, including gold miners and Presidents. This is a memoir in the best sense, not character assassination masquerading as autobiography. Sometimes silence is golden.
On the other hand, Doolittle's self-effacing, humorous brand of Self is reflected in the amusing letters he received from frioends such as Roscoe Turner and General "Georgie" Patton. His was an era of true loyalties and good old fashioned gumption.
Jimmy Doolittle was a man who loved life, and it shows.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book
Comment: Gen. Doolittle is an extrordinary man. This book is filled with several of his exploits from the early days of aviation to modern times. In it he recollects several amusing stories from his career as well as heart-warming stories from his family life. I strongly recommend this book to any aviation enthusiest.
Rating: 4
Summary: Heroes are born, generals are made.
Comment: He was one of a kind.
He got in on the ground floor of aviation & rode the elevator all the way up.
He grew into a doctorate in aeronautics; he grew into military administration. He KEPT growing, for nine decades.
He had spunk, integrity, loyalty, vision. The only thing he ever lied about was his height.
Like Nestor, he wanted to share fame with his wife.
Diplomacy was not his strong point, because he was an individualist. His friends were individualists: Patton. His antogonists weren't: Eisenhower. His was a century of individualists. It was a different age, and he was right about it: He never COULD be so lucky again, not nowadays anyway.
[Paperback edition hard to read, as 8-point print disappears into binding; no offset. If you are over forty, read the hardback, if you can.]
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Title: Thirty Seconds over Tokyo by Ted W. Lawson, Robert Considine, Peter B. Mersky ISBN: 1574885081 Publisher: Brasseys, Inc. Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid - America's First World War II Victory by Craig Nelson ISBN: 0670030872 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 26 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Doolittle Raid by Carroll, V. Glines, C. V. Clines, Curtis E. Lemay ISBN: 0887403476 Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Not As Briefed: From the Doolittle Raid to a German Stalag by C. Ross, Colonel Greening, Dorothy Greening, Karen Morgan Driscoll ISBN: 0874222397 Publisher: Washington State Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $42.00 |
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Title: To Fly and Fight : Memoirs Of A Triple Ace by Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson ISBN: 0743479726 Publisher: I Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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