{"product_id":"honor-bound-an-american-story-of-dreams-and-service","title":"Honor Bound: An American Story of Dreams and Service","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe inspiring story of the first female Marine to fly a combat mission in an F\/A-18--and the transformative events that led to her bold decision to take on the most powerful man in the U.S. Senate. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[McGrath's] voice and unique perspective are essential to re-imaging the next generation of leaders in America.\"--Admiral James Stavridis, U.S. Navy (ret.), author and Former Supreme Allied Commander NATO \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmy McGrath grew up in Edgewood, Kentucky, a childhood shaped by love of country, baseball, and, from the age of twelve, a fascination with fighter jets. Her devastation at learning that a federal law prohibited women from flying in combat fueled her determination to do just that--and then, to help change the laws to improve the lives of all Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcGrath writes of gaining an appointment in high school to the U.S. Naval Academy, making it through Marine Corps training, graduating from Annapolis, Maryland, becoming a Second Lieutenant, and raising her right hand to swear to defend the U.S. Constitution, honor bound. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe vividly recounts her experiences flying in the Marines, and her combat deployments to Iraq (Kuwait) and Afghanistan, her work as an Air Combat Tactics instructor--and what it was like to finally fly that fighter jet: high-speed, intense, and physically demanding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is McGrath, training to do the most intense tactical flying there is (think the Navy's TOPGUN); meeting the man who would become her husband; being promoted to major and then lieutenant colonel; marrying, having three children, a career and life in Washington and then moving her family back to Kentucky to begin a whole new chapter in politics; her roller-coaster congressional campaign (she lost by three percentage points); and making the tough decision to run again, in an even bigger, higher-stakes national campaign, against the five-term leader of the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA moving, inspiring American story of courage, determination, and large dreams.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944156397799,"sku":"9780593082041","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_0f501bab-c6a3-4105-bae0-a278aeee0671.jpg?v=1775353971","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/honor-bound-an-american-story-of-dreams-and-service","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}