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The Lady and the Tigers: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Served with the Flying Tigers in Burma and China, 1941-1942 Kindle Edition

by Olga Greenlaw (Author), Daniel Ford (Author, Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 119 ratings
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Olga Greenlaw kept the War Diary of the American Volunteer Group--the Flying Tigers--while those gallant mercenaries defended Burma and China from the Imperial Japanese Army during the opening months of the Pacific War. Returning to the United States in 1942, she wrote The Lady and the Tigers, which Leland Stowe hailed as "an authoritative, gutsy and true to life story of the AVG." Out of print for more than half a century, the book has now been brought up to date by Daniel Ford, author of the prize-winning history of the American Volunteer Group. What's more, Ford explains for the first time where Olga and Harvey Greenlaw came from, how they became caught up in the saga of the Flying Tigers, and what happened to them after their tumultuous year. Updated 2020 with a bonus chapter from Remains: A Story of the Flying Tigers.
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"A spirited and personal account" -- The New Yorker (1943)

"All about the Mexican-born beauty who helped create the myth of the Flying Tigers." -- Annals of the Flying Tigers (2014)

"An authoritative, gusty, and true-to-life story of the AVG" -- Leland Stowe in They Shall Not Sleep, 1944

"Mrs. Greenlaw has brought [the Flying Tigers] to lusty life with injections of her world-wise personality" -- New York Times Book Review (1943)

"She was in a man's world, playing a man's game, doing her share to make a great undertaking worthwhile" -- San Francisco Chronicle (1943)

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Olga Greenlaw kept the War Diary of the American Volunteer Group--the Flying Tigers--while those gallant mercenaries defended Burma and China from Japanese aggression during the opening months of the Pacific War. Returning to the United States in 1942, she wrote "The Lady and the Tigers", which war correspondent Leland Stowe hailed as "an authoritative, gutsy and true to life story of the AVG." Out of print for more than half a century, her book has now been brought up to date by Daniel Ford, author of "Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group". What's more, Ford explains for the first time where Olga and Harvey Greenlaw came from, how they became caught up in the saga of the Flying Tigers, and what happened to them after their tumultuous year with the AVG. Black and white photographs--many never published before--round out the text.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00157OK7G
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Warbird Books; 2020th edition (May 11, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 11, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 6296 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 253 pages
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    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 119 ratings

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Daniel Ford has spent a lifetime studying and writing about the wars of the past hundred years, from Ireland's war of liberation to America's invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. A U.S. Army veteran and a reporter in Vietnam, he wrote the novel that was filmed as 'Go Tell the Spartans', starring Burt Lancaster. As a historian, he is best known for his prize-winning study of the American Volunteer Group--the gallant 'Flying Tigers' of the Second World War. Most recently, he has written a memoir of his life so far: "Looking Back From Ninety: The Depression, the War, and the Good Life that Followed." Visit www.DanFordBooks.com and sign up for a monthly newsletter about war, flying, and less important subjects.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Rare View of the Flying Tigers from the Woman Who Kept Their War Diary.
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2022
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Olga Greenlaw, the wife of Flying Tiger's Chief of Staff, Harvey Greenlaw, provides a unique view into the daily lives, activities, and missions of the American Volunteer Group in China just before and during WWII. She tells how they lived, fought, and many of them died fighting to protect the Chinese people from the invading Japanese. Her presentation is neither grandiose nor boastful. It's simply a straightforward, very captivating presentation of facts. If you like the Flying Tigers, then you must read this story. It is packed with details you may never have known before.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Lady tells her tale...
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2015
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Having been fortunate enough to have met and been befriended by a number of the "Tigers", the reminicences of the "Lady" dovetail into and describe accounts and incidents related to me from another view point. One aspect the "Tigers" all agreed on was the lady's presence, at once, both inspired them...and scared them a bit. Her book gives us an insight into the heart of this extraordinary woman during a chaotic period of the war in which she was personally involved. The war in China is described in first person language that transports one into the teeth of danger, as well as describing the mundane, often humorous, life day-to-day in the CBI. A must read for anyone who followed the "Flying Tigers" and their shark nosed P-40s during the American Volunteer Group (AVG) efforts to assist the Chinese in their life or death fight against the Japanese. Highly recommended for WWII historians and readers.
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Stephen J. Britt
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read for the WWII history buff
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2014
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If you are a history buff, and know anything about the American Volunteer Group ("Flying Tigers") in the first few months of WWII, or Gregory Boyington and the famed "Black Sheep Squadron" (VMF-214), this book is a valuable addition. Olga Greenlaw really was a remarkable woman, and she writes well. Again, best to read about Claire Chennault, Greg "Pappy" Boyington, and the AVG before you start this, as Ms, Greenlaw's book is just a post hoc diary otherwise that won't make much sense.

Unlike "Pappy" Boyington, Ms. Greenlaw had a reputation as an accurate and keen observer [she has other reputations as well; we will never know the whole story.) But the story of a guy taking his wife to war, and her accounts of living at embattled airfields in Southeast Asia while the Japanese onslaught engulfed that part of the world, take us back to a remarkably different time.

Like Boyington's role in the famous Marine "Black Sheep," the story of the Flying Tigers is a short one, from Pearl harbor Day to the following Spring (1942). Ms. Greenlaw shears the hype and the PR glamour from the "Flying Tigers" tale, and actually makes these mercenaries and their story more real and more interesting. A very good read.
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JMS609
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Book
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2015
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Interesting read. If you like to read about WWII history or are a "Black Sheep" fan, you will probably like reading it. Regarding Boyington, he is mentioned a few times but is not a big part of the book by any means. Hard to tell by her writing if something really "went on" between them or not--there were other Flying Tigers that she talked about more than him. She was still married when she wrote this, so obviously she was not going to give details about any alleged affairs she was having at the time. That said, if you are buying it in mainly in hopes of reading details about her alleged extramarital affairs, then you may be a bit disappointed.

I found the editors comments helpful, as well as his additional info where he lets the reader know what happened to her later in life after she divorced Greenlaw. Overall I enjoyed it.
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Susan A. Elder
3.0 out of 5 stars She did give a pretty good idea about the day to day lives of ...
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2016
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This was more of a biography of Olga Greenlaw than a history of the Flying Tigers. She did give a pretty good idea about the day to day lives of American Volunteer Group. I am researching that time period because my father was shot down over Burma and I want to know as much as possible of that period of time.

This did not give me the technical information I was seeking....it is a memoir--not an actual history of the Flying Tigers. It was an interesting read.
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Michael W. Kassebaum
4.0 out of 5 stars Great read! Poor quality binding.
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2021
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the Book it self was a pleasure to read. the only complaint I have is the actual binding is very poor. The pages just come loose from the binding constantly. Very hard to read and keep pages from falling out.
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J. Carey
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2010
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I had never heard of this woman before I stumbled across a review of the book when I was online reading about the Flying Tigers, Even though the reviews I read about the book were not all that flattering I decided to order it. I can say after reading the book that I would have liked to have met the lady, she must have been someone special. Its not so much what she writes about but what you can read between the lines. She talks about living in China during WW2 with the AVF like it was just a walk in the park its too bad someone didn't do a real biography about her before she died her life must have been very interesting and she just lived it.
This would make a good movie with Julie Roberts playing the lead.
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5.0 out of 5 stars First hand account of the AVG
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2018
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Lots of stories of imdividual pilots and their personalities. As keeper of the official War Diary (appointed by Chennault) there are plenty of military details as well. Actual radio transcripts. Lots of named generals including Stillwell and Chennuault appear regularly . Written during the war and published 1943 it seems like a clean account, not propaganda. In fact she takes a slightly negative view of the fawning press coverage.
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Ignacio Cabrera Larios
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente historia
Reviewed in Mexico on February 15, 2018
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Relato humano y detallado de la vida con los tigres voladores. Recomiendo a los aficionados a la historia de la aviación.
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George S Watkins
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2015
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Interesting if not entirely accurate account (lack of information rather than intentional) of the period.
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Luc Vangansbeke
5.0 out of 5 stars The lady and the tigers
Reviewed in France on January 15, 2013
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Bon livre, qui répondait à mes attentes. Pour ceux qui s'intéresent à l'histoire de Tigres volants, certainement un ouvrage à recommander.
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bookworm
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting history
Reviewed in Canada on November 17, 2020
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This book reveals a part of history little known to me. First hand female perspective of war and relationship, of America's involvement in China's war against the Japanese invasion. More history than literature, but worth reading.
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