Chasing the Demon: A Secret History of the Quest for the Sound Barrier, and the Band of American Aces Who Conquered It

by Dan Hampton

Book Overview

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - At the end of World War II, a band of aces gathered in the Mojave Desert on a Top Secret quest to break the sound barrier-nicknamed The Demon by pilots. The true story of what happened in those skies has never been told.

Speed. In 1947, it represented the difference between victory and annihilation.

After Hiroshima, the ability to deliver a nuclear device to its target faster...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062688723
• ISBN13: 9780062688729
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"