Book Review: The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan by Sam Kleiner

The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan by Sam Kleiner

If you like to read about fighter pilots or World War II like I do, you will enjoy The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan by Sam Kleiner.

This is a good account of what went on during the top secret days before the war. It is the story as taken from letters written back home to the families and friends of those infamous Flying Tigers.

This is a very interesting story written, while trying to be factually accurate, to tell the story of the leader and founder of the Flying Tigers and his fight to keep the Tigers flying.

To be honest, I never knew how involved the U. S. was with China at the time. Most of the books I have read mentioned the war in China more as a footnote than anything else.

We learn a little more about Pappy Boyington and his Black Sheep. We read about how a direct descendant of Robert E. Lee is buried in the rose garden at Lee’s home.

We give The Flying Tigers four out of five stars. It is a good book, but it just does not get to the level of “Can’t put it down.”

We were sent a complimentary copy of this book. We are under no obligation to write any review, positive or negative. We are disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255.  

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Book Review: The Gun Club: U.S.S. Duncan at Cape Esperance by Robert Fowler

The Gun Club: U.S.S. Duncan at Cape Esperance by Robert Fowler

If you are looking for an action-packed book that is difficult to put down, The Gun Club: U.S.S. Duncan at Cape Esperance by Robert Fowler is the book.

This is an exciting, play-by-play story of the battle and the struggle for survival by all the men aboard the U.S.S. Duncan. You will read about some very dramatic things.

Fowler, the author and son of the main character, tells his readers about all the trials and tribulations the crew went through and what happened to many of them after the fact.

If you like stories of shark attacks, it is in here. If you like to read about heroism, it is in here.

The story is surprisingly clean and, for the most part, Christian Friendly.

We give it five stars on our scale of zero to five stars. It is thrilling, entertaining, and informative. The Gun Club is very well-written and researched in depth.

For our blog readers, there is no graphic sex, but there is some innuendo. The Lord’s Name is used in vain twice during the story and those are direct quotes.

We were sent a complimentary copy of this book. We are under no obligation to write any review, positive or negative.

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Book Review: Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe By Robert Matzen

Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe

By Robert Matzen

Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe gives readers a side of Jimmy Stewart that most of us did not know.

This book gives readers a little taste of what Stewart was like as a child and gives us a few details of Jimmy the young man as he moved his way up in the entertainment industry.

However, this book gives readers a look at the horrors of war.  We learn a little more about PTSD, which was referred to as shell-shock or being flak happy years ago.

This book is an important read not just because it is about one of our favorite actors, Jimmy Stewart, but also because it gives us a little more behind the scenes of World War II.

Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe is very well-written and entertaining.  The book contains pictures of Stewart pre-war, during the war, and post-war.  The book is very well-researched and also exciting.

We originally knocked the book down to zero stars because of the use of the Lord’s name in vain four times. Our review policy states that the use of God’s name in vain even once will knock a book down all the way to zero stars.

However, since this book gives us a good look at an important part of history, and because it is so well-written we think it redeems itself back up to three stars. There are no explicit sex scenes, although it does talk about Stewart as being a promiscuous young man before the war.

We were sent a complimentary Advance Reading copy of Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe.  We are under no obligation to write any review, positive or negative.

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