The First Heroes, Craig Nelson
The First Heroes, Craig Nelson
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The First Heroes

Author: Craig Nelson

Narrator: Raymond Todd

Unabridged: 17 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

Immediately after Japans attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid on Tokyo itself. At his bidding, a squadron of scarcely trained army fliers, led by the famous daredevil Jimmy Doolittle, set forth on what everyone regarded as a suicide mission. Their extraordinary success led directly to what every historian now believes was the turning point in the war against Japan, and helped convince the nation and the world that the Allies might eventually triumph.A true account that almost defies belief, The First Heroes is a tremendous human drama of great personal courage and a powerful reminder that ordinary people, when faced with extraordinary circumstances, can rise to the challenge of history.

About Craig Nelson

Craig Nelson is the author of Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness and the New York Times bestseller, Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon, as well as several previous books, including The Age of Radiance (a PEN Award Finalist chosen as one of the year’s best books by NBC News, the American Institute of Physics, Kirkus Reviews, and FlavorWire), The First Heroes, Thomas Paine (winner of the Henry Adams Prize), and Let’s Get Lost (shortlisted for W.H. Smith’s Book of the Year). His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, Salon, National Geographic, The New England Review, Popular Science, Reader’s Digest, and a host of other publications.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on June 22, 2020

What an amazing story! It is the true story of the Doolittle raid during World War II--the same story as commemorated by the movie "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo". The author, Craig Nelson, did a tremendous amount of research into the history of the war in the Pacific theater. (Not much at all is mentio......more

Goodreads review by Scott on August 31, 2010

Great book but i cannot understand the author's sudden shift to religion the last 20% of the book. It was like a great movie being interrupted because my mother accidentally taped over it with an episode of the 700 club. There had been no discussion of religion previously, and it was not relevant to......more

Goodreads review by Connor on January 02, 2025

Finished in a day. Bella is definitely from the outside leading Jacob on. He knows the situation I suppose and tries to convince himself continual affections will win her over. Disappointed the voice in Bella’s head never paid off. Glad it ended well for the little Romeo and Juliet......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on January 09, 2022

I am being generous with two stars. An historians veracity, to me, is really the most important aspect of their writing. If you can't get simple facts correct, what else have you gotten wrong. I picked this book up a few years ago and had just gotten to it. I was quite excited to read the story, her......more

Goodreads review by Scott on April 20, 2022

(Audiobook) A detailed, riveting account of the boldest of aerial missions: the Doolittle Raid. It covers the planning, the execution and the aftermath of those who flew the missions, as well as setting up the background/context for the raid. Sometimes Nelson spends too much time covering matters th......more

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