A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Adam Makos

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

Adam Makos

13 hours, 22 minutes first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

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Four days before Christmas in 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a twenty-one-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. It was their first mission. Suddenly a sleek, dark shape...

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inspiring 77%
adventurous 74%
emotional 66%
informative 66%
tense 48%
hopeful 40%
reflective 40%
sad 40%
challenging 33%
dark 22%
lighthearted 3%

Pace

medium 65%
fast 21%
slow 13%

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