Summary of Sam Kleiner's The Flying Tigers

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Sample Book Insights:

#1 To understand Claire Chennault, you must trace his roots to the backwoods of northeast Louisiana. His father, John, was a cotton farmer who had built the house with his own hands in 1905 when Claire was a boy. Claire wanted to escape from his seemingly inevitable fate as a cotton farmer like his father.

#2 In 1910, Chennault attended the Fifth Annual Louisiana State Fair in Shreveport. He saw a biplane plane that was flown by Stanley Vaughn of Ohio. The plane suddenly plummeted to the ground, and Vaughn was unharmed. He vowed that he would fly again.

#3 Chennault was a teacher in Louisiana, and he was attracted to a young student named Nell Thompson. He began to court her, and she was impressed by his independence, lively curiosity, and quiet strength.

#4 Chennault was married with two kids in 1911, and he and his family moved to New Orleans. In 1916, he took the train to Akron, Ohio, and showed up with a few suitcases and a trunk. He rented the attic of a house for five dollars a week.