{"product_id":"2026200012935-secondhand-yeager-an-autobiography","title":"Yeager: An Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn October 14, 1947, a young West Virginia farm boy strapped himself into an experimental rocket plane and shattered the sound barrier, forever changing the course of aviation history — that man was Chuck Yeager, and Yeager: An Autobiography is his extraordinary story, told in his own unvarnished, straight-shooting voice. Co-written with journalist Leo Janos, this memoir chronicles Yeager's meteoric rise from a poor rural upbringing to becoming one of America's most decorated military pilots, a World War II ace who downed five enemy aircraft in a single mission, and ultimately the most celebrated test pilot the world has ever known.\n\nBeyond the bravado and breathtaking aerial feats, this autobiography presents a deeply human portrait of ambition, courage, and an almost preternatural coolness under pressure — qualities that Tom Wolfe famously immortalised in The Right Stuff. Yeager's narrative voice is disarmingly candid and utterly devoid of self-aggrandisement, making his remarkable achievements feel all the more astonishing. A defining document of 20th-century American heroism, this book leaves the reader wondering: what does it truly take to fly faster than sound, and walk away smiling?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203279790299,"sku":"2026200012935-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/feccb6d6-3fb9-4047-9b8b-cf838012c52b.png?v=1788147402","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012935-secondhand-yeager-an-autobiography","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}