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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. Signed by the author "Gentle Ben" with short inscription to fellow marine aviator. The book and jacket are in excellent condition. Very tiny rub at couple of corner tips. The jacket has just a touch of shelf rub. ; Whether the hunter or the hunted, the experience of war is a memory the veteran will carry to the grave, some consciously and some not. A few can talk about it, but many do not. Written by a former Marine helicopter pilot, The Purple Fox breaks through the silent solitude that those who have shared frontline combat know only to themselves, in blunt, refreshing honesty. Set during the crucial midway point of America's ten year participation in the Vietnam conflict, The Purple Fox is a graphic, uncensored snapshot of a desperate, confusing time and its intensely emotional impact upon a struggling young man--one caught powerless in a quagmire, wrestling with unraveling marital bonds, an unpopular and alienating war, and with his increasingly suppressed spiritual nature. And losing to them all--or seemingly so. The final and finest fellowship of all is one of change, a willingness to change our thinking through our actions. The Purple Fox paints the picture of the price one man paid for his love of flying--and the beginning of his personal journey back from a torturous, twisted flight into the unknown.; Signed by Author.

Both Trout and Smith had illustrious aviation careers. Trout set an altitude record for light-class aircraft in June of 1929 and set another womenÕs endurance flight record in 1931 by spending over 122 hours in the air with actress Edna Mae Cooper. Alongside Amelia Earhart, Phoebe Omlie, Louise Thaden, and Blanche Noyes, Trout co-founded the Ninety-Nines, an organization for women pilots. Trout also co-founded founded the WomenÕs Air Reserve with Pancho Barnes. Photograph (10Ó x 8Ó) with leaf of typewritten commentary (by Underwood and Underwood) adhered to verso at bottom edge. The photograph shows aviator Bobbi Trout warming up the motor of a Commercial Aircraft Corporation ÒSunbeamÓ plane at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport, where Trout and Elinor Smith took off on their refueling endurance flight. The typewritten commentary suggests the headline, ÒBOBBIE [sic] TROUT AND ELEANOR [sic] SMITH BURY THE HATCHET IN PREPARATION FOR REFUELING ENDURANCE FLIGHT.Ó Some toning to edges and verso and some wear to the commentary leaf. Very good. On January 2, 1929, Evelyn ÒBobbiÓ Trout (1906 Ð 2003) set the womenÕs endurance flight record with a time of twelve hours and eleven minutes. The record didnÕt last a month, however, before being beaten by Elinor Smith (1911 Ð 2010) by over an hour. The next month, Trout reclaimed the record with a seventeen-hour flight; in April, Smith smashed the record with a time of twenty-six hours. Trout and SmithÕs rivalry led them to collaboration: while participating in the WomenÕs Transcontinental Air Derby in the summer of 1929, they agreed to attempt a month-long endurance flight. The present photo commemorates their first attempt, which took place in November of 1929. Though Trout and Smith were able to successfully refuel the plane while in the air three times, mechanical issues grounded them after forty-two hours. They set the womenÕs endurance flight record with the time. When she received her pilotÕs license at sixteen, Smith became the youngest United States government licensed pilot in history. Some of her earliest feats of aviation were stunt flights under New York bridges. She set records in both altitude and speed, including a world altitude record of over 27,000 feet in 1930 and a womenÕs speed record of 190.8 miles per hour in 1929. Smith also worked as a radio commentator on aviation events for NBC for three years and helped establish an aviation museum on Long Island.