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Yeager

Chuck Yeager

Yeager, Chuck. Yeager. A Bantam Book. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.1987.

Yeager was written by Chuck Yeager about his life as an Air Force

General. The book is a million copy best seller which inspires readers

to continue reading this series and other autobiographies. The book

has many twists and turns.

Yeager is a man with a memory problem that developed from old age. He

always forgets anniversaries, holidays and birthdays. He and his wife,

Julie, were never near each other because of Yeager’s job, being an

Air Force General. He was an eighty-five year old general. Despite his

memory problems, he was a great general and everyone loved him. The

only person to doubt Yeager was his wife. Julie had been thinking of

divorcing him for months. Julie thought to give him another chance

before she followed through with the divorce. She asks him to quit his

job but he just continues to fly planes. Saddened, she continues with

the divorce. It came to Yeager unexpectedly.

Julie pays for the divorce and she forgets about Yeager after being

separated for two months. As for Yeager, he had never got over her.

They were together for thirty years, so being alone was a very sad

thought. He wanted her back but he thought it couldn’t be done.

Yeager had many thoughts on his mind while flying. After Julie

divorced him, he decided to retire. Then he realized that retiring was

what his wife wanted him to do long ago so they could be together, so

he set out to find her.

Filled up with drama, Chuck Yeager takes you though his life of an old

man to show how it can be exiting and also depressing. He makes the

reader wonder and imagine what might happen next.

3 out of 5 stars.

Contributed by T. Bousquet

April 14 2011