
Double Ace
The Life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., Pilot, Hero, and Teller of Tall Tales
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Robert Coram
Robert Lee Scott was larger than life. A decorated Eagle Scout who barely graduated from high school, the young man from Macon, Georgia, with an oversize personality used dogged determination to achieve his childhood dream of becoming a famed fighter pilot.
First capturing national attention during World War II, Scott, a West Point graduate, flew missions in China alongside the legendary "Flying Tigers", where his reckless courage and victories against the enemy made headlines. Upon returning home, Scott's memoir, God Is My Co-Pilot, became an instant best seller and a successful film. Later in life, Scott traveled the entire length of China's Great Wall and helped found Georgia's Museum of Aviation.
Yet Scott's life was not without difficulty. His single-minded pursuit of greatness was offset by bouts of depression, and his brashness placed him at odds with superior officers. What wealth he gained, he squandered, and his numerous public affairs destroyed his relationships with his wife and child.
Backed by meticulous research, Double Ace brings Scott's uniquely American character to life and captures his fascinating exploits as a national hero alongside his frustrating foibles.
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Great story of a self-centered narcist.
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I used to visit The Museum of Aviation often and see Scott's car in his dedicated parking space. I thought about seeking him out but never did, and now I regret that. However, I would have been seeing the Used Car Salesman side of Scott, the personality he used in public. And that would have been fine with me. Scott was a hell of pilot, a warrior, a patriot, and a fallible human being.
And like Scott, Gen Hap Arnold was revealed to be less than desirable, hating Chennault and Scott despite their accomplishments. Even great thinkers, even in a world war, can be venal. petty and capricious. Again, all too human.
The book was an eye opener, well written, and balanced between the great and not so great in telling Scott's biography.
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Great Book
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Tiger Fan
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Wonderful!
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An American Hero in full
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more flyingWould you recommend Double Ace to your friends? Why or why not?
no, too much of an emotional crowbarWhat does Barry Press bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
nothingCould you see Double Ace being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
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Leave out the last half, almost as bad a train wreck as Howard Hughes in later lifesad story
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