{"product_id":"honor-bound-amy-mcgrath-9780593082041","title":"Honor Bound: An American Story of Dreams and Service","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe inspiring story of the first female Marine to fly a combat mission in an F\/A-18--and the transformative events that led to her bold decision to take on the most powerful man in the U.S. Senate.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmy McGrath grew up in Edgewood, Kentucky, a childhood shaped by love of country, baseball, and, from the age of twelve, a fascination with fighter jets. Her devastation at learning that a federal law prohibited women from flying in combat fueled her determination to do just that--and then, to help change the laws to improve the lives of all Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcGrath writes of gaining an appointment in high school to the U.S. Naval Academy, making it through Marine Corps training, graduating from Annapolis, Maryland, becoming a Second Lieutenant, and raising her right hand to swear to defend the U.S. Constitution, honor bound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe vividly recounts her experiences flying in the Marines, and her combat deployments to Iraq (Kuwait) and Afghanistan, her work as an Air Combat Tactics instructor--and what it was like to finally fly that fighter jet: high-speed, intense, and physically demanding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is McGrath, training to do the most intense tactical flying there is (think the Navy's TOPGUN); meeting the man who would become her husband; being promoted to major and then lieutenant colonel; marrying, having three children, a career and life in Washington and then moving her family back to Kentucky to begin a whole new chapter in politics; her roller-coaster congressional campaign (she lost by three percentage points); and making the tough decision to run again, in an even bigger, higher-stakes national campaign, against the five-term leader of the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA moving, inspiring American story of courage, determination, and large dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy McGrath,Chris Peterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593082044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593082041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.88d","brand":"Amy McGrath","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089445695743,"sku":"9780593082041","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c775a92d-c087-4a50-b4c7-0c2036621cd8.jpg?v=1769110304","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/honor-bound-amy-mcgrath-9780593082041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}