{"product_id":"kittyhawk-9781763822993","title":"Kittyhawk","description":"\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. 1945, New Guinea. Lead character Rick Richards is part of a flight of 4 RAAF Kittyhawk fighters attacking a Japanese airfield at Borpop, New Ireland province. He is brought down, crashing into the jungle, losing consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2-4 Starts in 1927, when 5-year-old Rick is growing up on a farm at Molong, Central West NSW, during the depression years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. It is 1942 and the Japanese enter WW2. Rick volunteers to join the RAAF.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 and 7. Training in the RAAF\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Rick and his squadron join the fight against the Japanese in New Guinea, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Resumes where chapter 1 left off. Rick is rescued by Jack, an old plantation owner also dodging the Japanese, and a native girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Rick and Jack escape Borpop in a leaky boat. This chapter included an epic tale of near death for both. Expecting to die, Jack tells Rick of a bag of gold he has buried back at Borpop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Jack dies soon after rescue, but Rick returns home to the farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12. Life is great for a year, until Rick's father dies from snake bite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Rick discovers that a crooked lawyer and scheming step-mother have conspired to cheat him of his birthright. He leaves the farm, and finds a job. Eventually who starts an aerial crop-dusting business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14. He visits Max, his best chum from his youth, to find Max's little sister Ellie has grown from a skinny kid into a stunning woman. He is smitten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15. romance blossoms, and the business grows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16. Marriage, children, and the business is very successful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 17. Rick tells Col, friend and employee, about Jack's gold. he is persuaded to return to Borpop. They do find the gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 18. Col launches Borpop Gold, raising funds from investors. Rick is sceptical. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 19. Rick's doubts grow and he warns investors. They ignore him, but blame him when Borpop Gold fails.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 20 and 21. Ellie's father dies. At the funeral, a chance encounter reveals evidence that Rick was cheated of the farm. He confronts his step-mother and the lawyer, and recovers his birthright. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeff Muller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781763822993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Jeff Muller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51730125291701,"sku":"9781763822993","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7bf01911-20ee-49e0-81f9-11acf45c1592.jpg?v=1758004242","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kittyhawk-9781763822993","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}