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First blue : the story of World War II Ace Butch Voris and the creation of the Blue Angels / Robert K. Wilcox ; foreword by James Lovell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilcox, Robert K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Voris, Roy Marlin, 1920-.
- Voris, Roy Marlin.
- United States. Navy.
- United States. Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron.
- Fighter pilots--United States--Biography.
- Fighter pilots.
- History.
- United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- United States. Naval Flight Demonstration Squadron--History.
- United States. Navy--Officers--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2004.
- Summary:
- The remarkable story of a true American hero--part Rocket Boys, part military history, part The Right Stuff. This is the story of Roy Marlin "Butch" Voris, the man who created and commanded--twice--the legendary Blue Angels
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-323) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312322496
- OCLC:
- 54972762
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