A Higher Call A Higher Call

A Higher Call

An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

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Publisher Description

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: “Beautifully told.”—CNN “A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.”—USA Today “Oh, it’s a good one!”—Fox News
 
A “beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies” emerges from the horrors of World War II in this New York Times bestseller by the author of Devotion, now a Major Motion Picture. 

December, 1943: A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bomber’s tail. The pilot is German ace Franz Stigler—and he can destroy the young American crew with the squeeze of a trigger...

What happened next would defy imagination and later be called “the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II.”

The U.S. 8th Air Force would later classify what happened between them as “top secret.” It was an act that Franz could never mention for fear of facing a firing squad. It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for forty years until, as old men, they would search the world for each other, a last mission that could change their lives forever.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2012
December 19
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
400
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
12.9
MB

Customer Reviews

Uncletater81 ,

Amazing!

It has been years since I have finished a book I start. Life always seems to get in the way and the book is literally put on the back shelf. Not this one however. I was gripped by the men in this book and the lives they lived. I was emotional thinking about the stories my grandfather told in vague clips about his time as a B-17 belly gunner. This book brought those stories to life and gave me a much greater appreciation for all service members.

just-a-jones ,

Great read

Dad was a B24 pilot. This book revived many memories of his stories. Also caused an ache, wishing I’d asked more questions.
Great read.

Retired Dave 2023 ,

Wow!!!

I learned so much from these two fliers! An amazing read,

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