Into the Teeth of the Tiger
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Into the Teeth of the Tiger provides a vivid, pilot's-eye view of one of the most extended projections of American air power in World War II Asia. Lopez chronicles every aspect of fighter combat in... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1560987529
ISBN13:9781560987529
Release Date:September 1997
Publisher:Smithsonian Books
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.96 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
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Brilliant!!!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Haven't read a pilot's memoirs for quite a while, although doing much more of it now. Into the Teeth of the Tiger was the first of a long line of new purchases that I need to read and it was well worth the purchase. Mr Lopez, while an excellent flier and leader, is also a wonderful writer. He writes with modesty and is not afraid to describe his errors in addition to his successes. The action sequences are superb and the humour used by the pilots and crews to lighten things up a bit is guaranteed to generate a smile and even a chuckle. Of course, this is war and the deaths of friends and the treatment of the civilian population was no doubt shattering for all involved. I get the impression that this book has become somewhat of a classic and justly so. It is a well-written account of a less publicised theatre of the war by a (then) very young pilot. What these guys did at 20-25 really puts things into perspective. A bloody good read!
One of the best first-person air combat yarns
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Don Lopez was a 23-year-old fighter pilot in the 14th Air Force Flying Tigers, flying a war-weary P-40 against the Japanese army air force in such close combat that he once took a wing off a Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa ("Oscar"). Good pilots are easy to find, and so are good writers, but Don is that exceptional individual: a pilot who can write well and to the heart. This book is a keeper.
Buy it!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I've read a lot of World War II flying book and this is the best! Mr. Lopez writes well and tells the unvarnished truth of what it was like to fly a P-40 against an agile and determined foe.
A Great WWII Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I've read this book 5 times in the last 4 years. It's great! Lopez puts together some wonderful stories in this book. The plane (Lope's Hope) is even in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Good writer, good pilot, good book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Don Lopez was a 23-year-old fighter pilot in China during World War II. His book about those times is one of the best war memoirs I've ever read. Most pilots aren't great writers, and vice versa, but Don is an exception. Postwar, he became an Air Force test pilot and eventually assistant direction of the National Air & Space Museum, where he's been an inspiration to the rest of us.
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