- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: Writers Club Press (April 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 059522234X
- ISBN-13: 978-0595222346
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 408 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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- #21 in Books > History > Military > World War II > Women
- #21 in Books > History > United States > 20th Century > World War II > Women
- #21 in Books > History > Americas > United States > 20th Century > World War II > Women
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"A spirited and personal account" -- The New Yorker (1943)
"Among the many accounts which have been written none exceeds in interest The Lady and the Tigers" -- New York Herald Tribune
(1943)
"Mrs. Greenlaw has brought it to lusty life with injections of her world-wise personality" -- New York Times Book Review (1943)
"She was in a man's world, playing a man's game, doing her share to make a great undertaking worthwhile" -- San Francisco Chronicle (1943)
"Among the many accounts which have been written none exceeds in interest The Lady and the Tigers" -- New York Herald Tribune
(1943)
"Mrs. Greenlaw has brought it to lusty life with injections of her world-wise personality" -- New York Times Book Review (1943)
"She was in a man's world, playing a man's game, doing her share to make a great undertaking worthwhile" -- San Francisco Chronicle (1943)
Book Description
Olga Greenlaw kept the War Diary of the American Volunteer Group--the Flying Tigers¾while those gallant mercenaries defended Burma and China from Japanese aggression during the opening months of the Pacific War. Returning to the United States in 1942, she wrote The Lady and the Tigers, which war correspondent Leland Stowe hailed as "an authoritative and true to life story of the AVG." Out of print for more than half a century, her book has now been brought up to date by Daniel Ford, author of Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group. What's more, Ford explains for the first time where Olga and Harvey Greenlaw came from, how they became caught up in the saga of the Flying Tigers, and what happened to them after their tumultuous year with the AVG. Black and white photographs--many never published before--round out the text.
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The Lady and the Tigers,
By Joel F. Naprstek (Morris Plains, NJ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lady and the Tigers: Remembering the Flying Tigers of World War II (Paperback)
I've been searching for this out of print book for decades and have found a few over the years but with it being a highly sought after title and out of print for so long I couldn't justify the cost of an original copy. Now I don't have to since this reprint and new edition with more information added is available. This is a great book on a great group done like no other on the AVG-Flying Tigers. An inside point of view from Olga Greenlaw, the only female (a timeless beauty I might add)of the group that defended Rangoon, the Burma Road and China in the very early days of WWII. This book gets into details and personalities that most of the other books on the Tigers only touch upon. The author herself is a mystery in most of the other books on the AVG but she's fully revealed in this one. The one photo of her on the waterfront, slit skirt and all may be worth the cover price alone.No fan of the Flying Tigers should be without this book.
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The no-sweat history of the Flying Tigers,
By Mike (New York State) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lady and the Tigers: Remembering the Flying Tigers of World War II (Paperback)
Highly recommend! Not only is Olga Greenlaw a handsome lady (check out the legs in that photo on the waterfront in Shanghai!) but she writes a rollicking good yarn. If you're new to the Flying Tigers this is a great way to get an overvue of the group that saved China and almost saved Burma from the Japanese. She was there, unlike most of the people who wrote the histories of the Tigers, and she was writing with her diary in front of her. If she makes a mistake, Mr. Ford quietly corrects it [like this]. The editing is helpful but never annoying.Plus Olga Greenlaw is a fascinating woman in her own right. Many are the stories written about her and flying tiger pilots like Pappy Boyington. Mr. Ford sets us straight on this matter also. Olga, he says, didn't sleep around nearly as much as people like to believe. There's a very convincing history of Olga's early years and how she came to be with the Flying Tigers, and also an account of what became of her afterward. Something for every WWII aviation buff to have on his shelf!
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a great book lives again,
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This review is from: The Lady and the Tigers: Remembering the Flying Tigers of World War II (Paperback)
I don't think I ever enjoyed creating a book as much as this one. Olga Greenlaw wrote it in 1943 and promptly vanished from sight. Whatever happened to her? I was able to find out, and to garner some great photos from her earlier life in Mexico and China. So here's her book again, edited from the perspective of 60 years, and with a foreword and afterword to explain where the Greenlaws came from and what happened to them after their tumultuous year with the AVG. -- Dan Ford
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