A Race to Freedom-The Mira Slovak Story

by David Williams

Mira Slovak was born in Czechoslovakia and endured both the Nazi occupation and the brutal Russian liberation. He joined the Czech Air force, rising to Captain by the age of 21. When he could no longer tolerate life under the Communists, he hijacked an airliner and flew across the Iron Curtain to freedom. He went to work for the CIA and was eventually sent to the US and given a job as Bill Boeing, Jr's personal pilot. When Boeing began racing Hydroplanes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625450664
• ISBN13: 9781625450661
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: America Through Time
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.6" x 9.3"