| Works: | 33 works in 102 publications in 7 languages and 5,595 library holdings |
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| Classifications: | TL540.Y4, B |
34 editions published between 1985 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,782 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all--the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound; the World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang; the hero who defined a certain quality that all the hotshot fly-boys of the postwar era aimed to achieve: the right stuff. Now Chuck Yeager tells his whole incredible life story with the same 'wide-open, full throttle' approach that has marked his astonishing career. The entire story is here, in Yaeger's own words, and in wonderful insights from his wife and those friends and colleagues who have known him best. It is the personal and public story of a man who settled for nothing less than excellence, a one-of-a-kind portrait of a true American hero. -- back cover
Leo Janos is the author of Celebrity Teddy Bear Book (3.00 avg rating, 1 rating, 0 reviews, published 1987), Crime Of Passion (0.0 avg rating, 0 ratings. Leo Janos, '55, was the cover story in the Fall 2004 Alumniad. Crime of passion by Leo Janos ( Book ) 3 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide American experience ( Visual.
20 editions published between 1994 and 2019 in English and held by 1,189 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The former head of Lockheed's Skunk Works reveals the now-it-can-be-told story of the secret airplanes and deep black missions that changed the course of history-from U-2 to the Stealth fighter
3 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Documentary on the design, development, and the eventual shooting down of a U-2 spy plane over Russia in 1960 and the effect of this incident on worldwide peace negotiations. Gary Powers, who miraculously survived the crash, achieved instant notoriety that would haunt him for the rest of his life
7 editions published between 1994 and 2016 in English and held by 113 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From the development of the U-2 to the stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies, Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of Cold War confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement against fantastic odds. Here are up-close portraits of the maverick band of scientists and engineers who made the Skunk Works so renowned. Filled with telling personal anecdotes and high adventure, with narratives from the CIA and from Air Force pilots who flew the many classified, risky missions, this book is a riveting portrait of the most spectacular aviation triumphs of the twentieth century
6 editions published between 1986 and 2011 in English and Danish and held by 106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Offers a personal glimpse of air pilot General Chuck Yeager. Yeager talks about his life and achievements, expressed in his own words. A valuable companion to the bestselling Bantam hardcover: Yeager, an autobiography
1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 31 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1986 in English and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents the autobiography of the fighter pilot, test pilot, and famous Air Force commander
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Documentary on the design, development, and the eventual shooting down of a U-2 spy plane over Russia in 1960 and the effect of this incident on worldwide peace negotiations. Gary Powers, who miraculously survived the crash, achieved instant notoriety that would haunt him for the rest of his life
in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1987 in Italian and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1986 in Korean and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1987 in German and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1994 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1986 in Danish and English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Selvbiografi af den amerikanske flyvergeneral Chuck Yeager om sine oplevelser som pilot, herunder gennembrydning af lydmuren
2 editions published between 1986 and 1987 in Swedish and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1986 in Japanese and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1985 in Undetermined and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
1 edition published in 2007 in Swedish and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Books Written By Chuck Yeager
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- Yeager, Chuck 1923-2020 Author
- Rich, Ben R. Author
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Leo Janos, a former speechwriter for President Lyndon Johnson whose ghostwriting talents were displayed in legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager's best-selling autobiography, has died. He was 74.
Mr. Janos died of cancer Friday at his Los Angeles home, his wife, Bonnie, said Saturday.
A longtime correspondent for Time magazine and a freelance non-fiction writer, Mr. Janos (pronounced Janice) sent his career into the stratosphere in 1985 with 'Yeager: An Autobiography.' Co-written with the World War II ace fighter pilot who in 1947 became the first person to break the sound barrier, the book sold more than a million copies in hardcover.
Mr. Janos' first response to his agent's pitch, he told a Los Angeles Times reporter in 1987, was, 'Good God, that was 30 or 40 years ago. Why would I want to do a book about him?' But then, he said, he realized that 'people were hungry for a hero.'
Critics praised the book's lively narrative and its structure, which interwove Yeager's voice with recollections of family, friends and colleagues.
Mr. Janos caught Johnson's attention soon after he went to work for the U.S. Information Agency in 1965 as an editor for Ameryka magazine, a cultural exchange publication aimed at readers in the Soviet bloc.
He proposed an interview with the president and wrote a mock exchange with questions and suggested answers and submitted it to Bill Moyers, then Johnson's press secretary. Moyers liked it so much he told Mr. Janos to run it, but he didn't alert the president, Mr. Janos told an interviewer in 2004.
'Johnson just woke up one day in the center of glowing praise about his reaching out directly to Soviet citizens with warmth and understanding,' Mr. Janos told his college alumni magazine.
It was 1966, when Johnson was facing criticism for his handling of the Vietnam War as well as his domestic policies. When the president found out Mr. Janos had written the piece, he hired him as a speechwriter, a post he held until 1968.
For the next 10 years Mr. Janos was a correspondent for Time magazine, first in Washington and then in Houston, where he covered NASA and space missions.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1973 and covered entertainment for Time before leaving the magazine to write freelance articles.
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Before the Yeager book was published, it was serialized in Playboy magazine, which led to Mr. Janos' next contract, a seven-figure deal with Bantam to help Hugh Hefner write his autobiography.
Mr. Janos spent three years interviewing the Playboy founder and sifting through diaries and files, but the publisher eventually gave up on the collaboration.
'I just ran out of gas,' Mr. Janos told the Chicago Tribune in 1993. 'It really wasn't that his life wasn't fascinating. God knows it was. But I just couldn't afford to stay on the project.'
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The last story Mr. Janos was writing was his own, his wife said. He had been writing his memoirs but had not finished.