- Taschenbuch: 300 Seiten
- Verlag: Xlibris Corporation (1. März 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1401090354
- ISBN-13: 978-1401090357
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 26,7 x 14,6 x 1,3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
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Thunderchief is an excellent read!! I've read most of Tom Clancy's stuff and this is every bit as good! Can't wait to read his next book (coming out soon!)! If english is not your mother language, don't worry...this book does not contain a lot of million dollar words.
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A fast-paced account of the Right Stuff
14. März 2005
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Thunderchief is a novel about the making of a fighter pilot. The story follows the trials of Lt. Ashe Wilcox, a rookie Air Force pilot flying the Republic F-105 fighter-bomber in combat missions over Vietnam. The author, himself a decorated veteran combat pilot, provides a gripping story the gamut of physical and psychological stresses associated with war in the air. There are harrowing missions, evasion, losses, doubt, self-examination, exhilaration, comedy, irony, sadness and valor; in other words, everything one might expect from a well-written war memoir. That this particular work is a novel should not deter those interested in military history, nor those interested in the psychology of warfare and warriors. The story reads like an authentic chronicle in all respects, and I doubt you will be disappointed with its scope and message.
Thunderchief starts fast and escalates from there. Don Henry hits the target with this narrative; I hope there are more fighter pilot tales to come from this author!
Thunderchief starts fast and escalates from there. Don Henry hits the target with this narrative; I hope there are more fighter pilot tales to come from this author!
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Great Novel From A Great Pilot And Patriot
19. März 2007
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In "Thunderchief" former USAF fighter pilot Don Henry chronicles the molding of a young fighter pilot, First Lieutenant Ashe Wilcox, into a mature warrior and leader flying the mighty F-105 from Takhli RTAFB, Thailand in the awful year of 1966. Ashe (who reminds me of real-life hero Karl Richter, a close personal friend of Henry) is mentored by a somewhat spooky former POW who only answers to the name "Hunter," and is a full-blooded American Indian, which makes the title of the book into not only a description, but a clever play on words.
I read the book straight through in one sitting, and enjoyed it immensely. Although fiction, many elements of fiction only serve to obscure specific people: there is no doubt that this book feels definitely authentic, and far better than most war fiction. I found the characters and situations encountered compelling and intriguing, and found the account of the aerial actions highly readable.
I only have a few quibbles with the book, all of which pale in comparison to the outstanding qualities the book has. I found the "Indian" references occasionally heavy-handed and pushing the limit of being believable. Clearly the Hunter character is central to the story, but some of his personality traits and behaviors seem like contrived plot points rather than natural and realistic characteristics of a true warrior and fighter pilot. I found the conclusion to be predictable, even though it was well written: the foreshadowing was unmistakable since the first time the subject of Hunter's obsession with the Doumer bridge was brought up very early in the story. Having said that, the character of Hunter serves as a model for Ashe and in that role is very effective. I especially found the Epilogue to be an ingenious method of revealing an intriguing conclusion: Henry clearly crafted the last two pages very carefully, and he got them exactly right.
Although I have to admit that I would have preferred a similar book of historical nonfiction from Henry (the Broughton and Rasimus books are my favorite books on war ever written, perhaps my favorites of all time) this is an excellent and exciting book, and I recommend it without reservations.
I read the book straight through in one sitting, and enjoyed it immensely. Although fiction, many elements of fiction only serve to obscure specific people: there is no doubt that this book feels definitely authentic, and far better than most war fiction. I found the characters and situations encountered compelling and intriguing, and found the account of the aerial actions highly readable.
I only have a few quibbles with the book, all of which pale in comparison to the outstanding qualities the book has. I found the "Indian" references occasionally heavy-handed and pushing the limit of being believable. Clearly the Hunter character is central to the story, but some of his personality traits and behaviors seem like contrived plot points rather than natural and realistic characteristics of a true warrior and fighter pilot. I found the conclusion to be predictable, even though it was well written: the foreshadowing was unmistakable since the first time the subject of Hunter's obsession with the Doumer bridge was brought up very early in the story. Having said that, the character of Hunter serves as a model for Ashe and in that role is very effective. I especially found the Epilogue to be an ingenious method of revealing an intriguing conclusion: Henry clearly crafted the last two pages very carefully, and he got them exactly right.
Although I have to admit that I would have preferred a similar book of historical nonfiction from Henry (the Broughton and Rasimus books are my favorite books on war ever written, perhaps my favorites of all time) this is an excellent and exciting book, and I recommend it without reservations.
Good read
11. April 2007
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Interesting read since I was there during the time frame he writes about.
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