| Hoosier Aviator Paul Baer: America's First Combat Ace Contributor(s): Garel-Frantzen, Tony (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467138495 ISBN-13: 9781467138499 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Military |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2017948511 |
| Series: Military |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 128 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Indiana native Paul Baer was an American pilot of many firsts. Born into a modest midwestern family in the late 1800s, Baer grew up short and shy in Fort Wayne. Not short on ambition, he volunteered to join a new breed of combatant: the fighter pilot. Dogfighting in the skies over France during World War I, Baer earned a giant reputation as the first-ever American to shoot down an enemy plane and the first to earn the title of "combat ace" for earning five victories--before being shot down himself. Author Tony Garel-Frantzen celebrates the 100th anniversary of Baer's aerial heroics with rarely seen images, a previously unpublished POW letter from Baer himself and a look at the restless raptor's life of roaming. |
Contributor Bio(s): Garel-Frantzen, Tony: - Tony Garel-Frantzen worked as an award-winning reporter and editorial cartoonist for five years before embarking on a successful career as a public relations consultant and corporate communications executive. His first book, Slow Ball Cartoonist: The Extraordinary Life of Indiana Native and Pulitzer Prize Winner John T. McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune, was published by Purdue University Press in 2016. Tony is a military aviation enthusiast and soloed his first plane, a Piper Cub J-3, in 2003. He and his wife have three grown children and live in Illinois with two dogs. |