{"product_id":"a-higher-call-an-incredible-true-story-of-combat-and-chivalry-in-the-war-torn-skies-of-world-war-ii-9780425252864","title":"A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies\"* emerges from the horrors of World War II in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and international bestseller by the author of \u003ci\u003eSpearhead\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDecember, 1943\u003c\/i\u003e 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... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happened next would defy imagination and later be called \"the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eINCLUDES PHOTOS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutton Caliber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780425252864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Adam Makos, Larry Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637154181276,"sku":"9780425252864","price":26.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9eae3663-8cbc-40dd-9b28-061580deee9c.jpg?v=1603844046","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-higher-call-an-incredible-true-story-of-combat-and-chivalry-in-the-war-torn-skies-of-world-war-ii-9780425252864","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}