Bibliograph

American hero, the true story of Tommy Hitchcock : sports star, war hero, and champion of the war-winning P-51 Mustang, Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr. ; prologue and epilogue by Richard L. Jackson

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American hero, the true story of Tommy Hitchcock : sports star, war hero, and champion of the war-winning P-51 Mustang, Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr. ; prologue and epilogue by Richard L. Jackson

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American hero

Oclc number

950519379

Responsibility statement

Nelson W. Aldrich, Jr. ; prologue and epilogue by Richard L. Jackson

Sub title

the true story of Tommy Hitchcock : sports star, war hero, and champion of the war-winning P-51 Mustang

Summary

Presents the life of Tommy Hitchcock, the World War I fighter pilot and war hero, legendary polo player, who the prominent socialite Tom Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby" is modeled after

Table Of Contents

Aiken, Westbury, and St. Paul's school, 1900-1917 -- France, 1917-1918 -- Germany, 1918 -- Freedom, 1918-1922 -- New York, 1922-1927 -- Courtship and marriage, 1927-1929 -- The thirties -- Washington and London, 1940-1944 -- Tommy Hitchcock's role in the Battle of the Atlantic -- Appendix: memories of a hero

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