Devotion (Movie Tie-in)

New York Times Bestseller, Now A Major Motion Picture, From America's forgotten war in Korea comes an unforgettable tale of courage by the author of A Higher Call. In the spirit of Unbroken and The Boys in the Boat comes DevotionAssociated Press, Aerial drama at its bestfast, powerful, and movingErik LarsonDevotion tells the inspirational story of the U. S. Navy's most famous aviation duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American sharecropper's son from Mississippi, Jesse became the navy's first Black carrier pilot, defending a nation that wouldn't even serve him in a bar. While much of America remained divided by segregation, Jesse and Tom joined forces as wingmen in Fighter Squadron 32. Adam Makos takes us into the cockpit as these bold young aviators cut their teeth at the world's most dangerous joblanding on the deck of an aircraft carriera line of work that Jesse's young wife, Daisy, struggles to accept. Deployed to the Mediterranean, Tom and Jesse meet the Fleet Marines, boys like Pfc Red Parkinson, a farm kid from the Catskills.