Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (Adaptation)
Author:
Ted W. Lawson
Editor:
Bob Considine
Publication:
1952 by Random House
Genre:
History, Military, Non-fiction
Series:
Landmark Books (Landmark)
Series Number: 35
Pages:
186
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This first-hand account of the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo—the secret preparations, the raid itself and the almost unbelievable adventures of the airmen in the weeks that followed—is one of the greatest stories of American bravery and ingenuity that has ever been written.
Ted Lawson piloted one of the planes that roared over Tokyo. In the subsequent crack-up on the Chinese coast, he sustained injuries that ultimately cost him a leg. The story of his rescue, told simply and directly, makes thrilling and moving reading, serving again to remind all of us the great acts of sacrifice and heroism performed by the members of our armed forces during World War II.
Originally published for adults in 1943, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo became a best-seller overnight, and later was made into a great motion picture. Voted by many teachers and librarians throughout the country as a book that deserves to be read by boys and girls, it has been carefully edited to conform with the standards already established in the Landmark series.
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Ted W. Lawson
1917 - 1992American
Ted W. Lawson is a native of California and attended Los Angeles City College. He studied aeronautical engineering during the day and worked in the ... See more
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Podcast
Landmark Books: What They Are and Why They Matter
Released in 2022 by Plumfield Moms Podcast
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 52 min.
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Two-part episode hosted by Podcast Moms with guests Sandy Hall (Hall's Living Library), Jill Morgan (Purple House Press), and Tanya Arnold (Biblioguides) where they discuss the Landmark series, how they came to be and why they are worth adding to a home library.
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30 Seconds over Tokyo
Reviewed by Edward Garboczi
Number 35 in the American Landmark book series is Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, by Ted Lawson and Bob Considine. Several of the Landmark series started out as books for adults that were edited to become a suitable Landmark book. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo is one of them. In early 1942, not long after the disaster at Pearl Harbor, Colonel James Doolittle, who had been a champion of air power since the 1920s and was a famous pilot in his own right, proposed a daring air raid on Tokyo. The raid was designed to show the Japanese enemy that even though Japan had piled up success after success in the months after the attack at Pearl Harbor, they would not always have the war go their way and in fact were not even safe in their own capital city, home of their sacred Emperor. B-25 bombers, which were not designed to take off from an aircraft carrier, were loaded on the USS Hornet, after special training of the pilots. The secret mission had begun. Captain Ted Lawson was one of the pilots on the raid.
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