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Race to Freedom-The Mira Slovak Story by David Williams (2018, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherFonthill Media LLC
ISBN-101625450664
ISBN-139781625450661
eBay Product ID (ePID)4038409868
Product Key Features
Book TitleRace to Freedom-The Mira Slovak Story
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSubjects & Themes / Historical, Adventurers & Explorers, United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (Or, Wa), Europe / General
Publication Year2018
IllustratorYes
GenrePhotography, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorDavid Williams
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight0.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-469001
TitleLeadingA
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1 Thou Shalt Not Kill-Prague, 1953; 2 Peace in Our Time-Munich, 1938; 3 Strangers at the Back Door-Leopoldov, 1942; 4 Liberation!-Leopoldov, 1945; 5 The City of 100 Spires-Prague, 1945; 6 Like Pebbles Dropped in a River-Havlickuv Brod, 1949; 7 The Sun Will Rise in the West-Prague, 1950; 8 Recalled to Life-Tatry-Poprad, 1951; 9 Wenceslas Square-Prague, 1951; 10 Ice!-Kosice, 1951; 11 False Start-Prague, 1952; 12 Code Word: "Picnic"-Prague, 1952; 13 Apples in Winter-Frankfurt, 1953; 14 Footsteps in the Night-Frankfurt, 1953; 15 Stick and Rudder man-Yakima, 1954; 16 Miss Wahoo-Seattle, 1956; 17 Seafair!-Seattle, 1956; 18 He Who Dares, Wins!-Seattle, 1957; 19 Champion!-Las Vegas, 1959; 20 Continental-Seattle, 1959; 21 This is your Life!-Seattle, 1959; 22 Meeting Eisenhower-Washington DC, 1960; 23 Leaving-Seattle, 1960; 24 Citizen Slovak-Seattle, 1961; 25 New Beginnings-Seattle, 1962; 26 Gentlemen, you have a Race!-Reno, 1964; 27 The Rumble in Rockford-Illinois, 1965; 28 It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times-Washington DC, 1966; 29 Flights over Water-The North Atlantic, 1967; 30 50 Feet Short!-Santa Paula, 1968; 31 $23.65!-London, 1969; 32 Nuclear Power Plants and Candles-Soviet Union, 1986; Authors Epilogue, Seattle, Washington 2017.
SynopsisMira Slovak was born in Czechoslovakia and survived the Nazi and Russian occupations. Disliking communism, he hijacked a plane and escaped. He worked for the CIA and befriended Bill Boeing Jr. When Boeing began racing hydroplanes Mira became Bill's driver, winning many races. He then switched to airplanes and continued to win!, Mira Slovak was born in Czechoslovakia and endured both the Nazi occupation and the brutal Russian liberation. He joined the Czech Air force, rising to Captain by the age of 21. When he could no longer tolerate life under the Communists, he hijacked an airliner and flew across the Iron Curtain to freedom. He went to work for the CIA and was eventually sent to the US and given a job as Bill Boeing, Jr's personal pilot. When Boeing began racing Hydroplanes in the late 1950s, Mira was his driver. During his ten year career as a hydroplane driver, he won many races and two national championships. He met Presidents and dated movie starlets. After a serious hydroplane accident, Slovak switched to airplanes where he won another national championship. When he retired from racing he became a stunt pilot and public speaker and talked about the value of freedom and how we should value it above everything else. He outlasted Communism and when it collapsed in 1990 he returned to his home, only to realize that his true home was, and always would, be the United States., Mira Slovak was born in Czechoslovakia and endured both the Nazi occupation and the brutal Russian liberation. He joined the Czech Air force, rising to captain by the age of twenty-one. When he could no longer tolerate life under the Communists, he hijacked an airliner and flew across the Iron Curtain to freedom. He went to work for the CIA and was eventually sent to the US and given a job as Bill Boeing, Jr.'s personal pilot. When Boeing began racing hydroplanes in the late 1950s, Mira was his driver. During his ten-year career as a hydroplane driver, he won many races and two national championships. He met presidents and dated movie starlets. After a serious hydroplane accident, Slovak switched to airplanes, and won another national championship. When he retired from racing, he became a stunt pilot and public speaker and talked about the value of freedom and how we should value it above everything else. He outlasted Communism and when it collapsed in 1990, he returned to his home, only to realize that his true home was, and always would be, the United States., Mira Slovak, a Czech pilot and defector, became a hydroplane champion, stunt pilot, and advocate for freedom. Mira Slovak was born in Czechoslovakia and endured both the Nazi occupation and the brutal Russian liberation. He joined the Czech Air force, rising to Captain by the age of 21. When he could no longer tolerate life under the Communists, he hijacked an airliner and flew across the Iron Curtain to freedom. He went to work for the CIA and was eventually sent to the US and given a job as Bill Boeing, Jr's personal pilot. When Boeing began racing Hydroplanes in the late 1950s, Mira was his driver. During his ten year career as a hydroplane driver, he won many races and two national championships. He met Presidents and dated movie starlets. After a serious hydroplane accident, Slovak switched to airplanes where he won another national championship. When he retired from racing he became a stunt pilot and public speaker and talked about the value of freedom and how we should value it above everything else. He outlasted Communism and when it collapsed in 1990 he returned to his home, only to realize that his true home was, and always would, be the United States.
LC Classification NumberDB2247.S56W55 2018
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