"General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot fo them all -- the first man to fly faster than the
speed of sound... the World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven
P-51 Mustang... the hero who defined a certain quality that all the hotshot fly-boys of the postwar
era aimed to achieve: the right stuff.
Now Chuck Yeager tells his whole incredible life story with the same 'wide-open, full throttle' approach
that has marked his astonishing career. What it was really like engaging in do-or-die dogfights
over Nazi Europe. How, after being shot down over occupied France, Yeager somehow managed to escape.
The amazing behind-the-scenes story of smashing the sound barrier despite cracked ribs from a riding
accident days before.
The entire story is here, in Yeager's own words, and in wonderful insights from his wife and those friends
and colleagues who have known him best. It is the personal and public story of a man who settled for
nothing less than excellence, a one-of-a-kind portrait of a true American hero."
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