{"product_id":"the-first-fighter-pilot-ed-cobleigh-9781629671574","title":"The First Fighter Pilot - Roland Garros: The Life and Times of the Playboy Who Invented Air Combat","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoland Garros enjoyed an exciting life. An aviation pioneer in the early 1900s, he taught himself how to fly a bamboo airplane despite crashing it at Versailles. He was a world-class athlete, a lawyer who wouldn't learn Latin, a sports car salesman on the Champs-Elys es, an airshow pilot and racer. He demonstrated flight to huge crowds up and down the Americas. Ultimately, Roland Garros became the world's first fighter pilot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaving his comfortable life in Paris, he flew and fought in the lethal skies of the first World War. Never before had a lone pilot hunted other men in the air. Shot down and captured, he escaped prisoner of war camp, evaded his way across Germany, and crossed the front lines. After a torrid fling in Paris with an exotic dancer, he rejoined his squadron. Garros needed two more aerial victories to become an ace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis creative non-fiction biography puts you in an open cockpit, in air combat, and in Paris experiencing Belle Epoque pleasures. What was it like to fly across the Mediterranean in a rickety monoplane? How did pilots dogfight in WWI? Fasten your seatbelt for exciting aerial action and the adventure-packed life of Roland Garros, the first fighter pilot \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Cobleigh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1629671576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781629671574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Check Six Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Ed Cobleigh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042725622015,"sku":"9781629671574","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e15044c8-bac2-4c8b-b060-89455c6ca492.jpg?v=1684963168","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-first-fighter-pilot-ed-cobleigh-9781629671574","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}