{"product_id":"a-higher-call-an-incredible-true-story-of-combat-and-chivalry-in-the-war-torn-skies-of-world-war-ii","title":"A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: \"Beautifully told.\"\u003ci\u003e--CNN \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Oh, it's a good one!\"\u003ci\u003e--Fox News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \"beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies\" emerges from the horrors of World War II in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller by the author of \u003ci\u003eDevotion\u003c\/i\u003e, now a Major Motion Picture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDecember, 1943\u003c\/i\u003e A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt fighter pulls up on the bomber's tail. The pilot is German ace Franz Stigler--and he can destroy the young American crew with the squeeze of a trigger... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happened next would defy imagination and later be called \"the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe U.S. 8th Air Force would later classify what happened between them as \"top secret.\" It was an act that Franz could never mention for fear of facing a firing squad. It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie and Franz for forty years until, as old men, they would search the world for each other, a last mission that could change their lives forever.","brand":"Dutton Caliber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944042070247,"sku":"9780425252864","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_4c3ff78c-ce3e-4282-a8bb-0be50afea09e.jpg?v=1775351167","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/a-higher-call-an-incredible-true-story-of-combat-and-chivalry-in-the-war-torn-skies-of-world-war-ii","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}