{"product_id":"book-d9j4","title":"Soaring to Glory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe valiant fight for freedom in the air and dignity on the ground \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eHe had to sit in a segregated rail car on the journey to army basic training in Mississippi in 1943. But two years later, the twenty-year-old African American from New York was at the controls of a P-51, prowling for Luftwaffe aircraft at 5,000 feet over the Austrian countryside. By the end of World War II, he had done something that nobody could take away from him: He had become an American hero. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eThis is the remarkable true story of Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. Award-winning aviation writer Philip Handleman re-creates the harrowing action and heart-pounding drama of Stewart's combat missions, including the legendary mission in which Stewart downed three enemy fighters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoaring to Glory\u003c\/em\u003e also reveals the cruel injustices Stewart and his fellow Tuskegee Airmen faced during their wartime service and upon return home after the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eStewart's heroism was not celebrated as it should have been in postwar America. But now, his boundless courage and determination will never be forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49293530890544,"sku":"BDd9j4","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49293530923312,"sku":"ZEd9j4","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49293530988848,"sku":"ZMd9j4","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d9j4-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775876788","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d9j4","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}