Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Curtis Emerson LeMay, the future president of the United States, was four years old in 1910, when he saw a flying machine pass overhead. He went chasing after it, and when he couldn’t catch it, he was devastated. The memory of that plane would deeply influence the course of his life.
#2 Curtis LeMay, the eldest child, was born in 1906 in Columbus, Ohio. His father, Erving, was a brakeman for the railroad, which was a good and stable job in that era. But something happened, and Erving began losing one job after another. The family lived like nomads.
#3 Curtis LeMay’s father, Erving, was a dreamer who never was satisfied. He wanted to move on to something else, and he would always be looking for work. He was a strict disciplinarian, like Curtis.
#4 The great adventure of Curtis LeMay’s youth came in 1914 when he was eight years old. He had lost his construction job and was living in Montana with his family. He fell in love with the outdoors, and his father taught him how to shoot and handle a gun.