"Bold, brash, and brimming with courage, Chuck Yeager burst onto the scene as a national hero in 1947, when he became the first to fly an airplane faster than the speed of sound. Yet even before his days as America's most famous test pilot, Yeager was a young fighter ace in the US Army Air Force, flying a P-51 Mustang over Nazi-occupied Europe. His exploits are the stuff of legend"-- Provided by publisher.

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Skinning squirrels in Hamlin -- Flying sergeant -- Flying becomes fun -- Glamorous Glen -- "Doing what I was born to do" -- Pride before the fall -- "Tail-end Charlie" -- Sleeping under a parachute -- "Trust them" -- Fuse man for the Maquis -- The Pyrenees -- Thumbs-up -- Glamorous Glen II ... and III -- Five Messerschmitts over Bremen -- Scratch one swallow -- A fighter pilot's dream -- Mastery of the air -- Old crow, old Overholt, and Glamorous Glen -- Mach 1 -- "If I auger in tomorrow ...".