‘Double Ace: The Life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., Pilot, Hero, and Teller of Tall Tales’

By Robert Coram of Atlanta

336 pages, $19.75 (St. Martin’s Press)

What it’s about: Robert Scott grows up in Macon, goes to West Point and marries a girl from Fort Valley. In 1942 Scott goes to China, flies with Claire Chennault, becomes a double ace, and then comes home and writes “God Is My Co-Pilot.” As a civilian, he walks the Great Wall of China, and in his 80s and 90s is the force behind creating and growing the Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base.

The author says: My favorite fact in the book is that Chennault and Scott were both small town Southerners who became like brothers.

Where to find it: Amazon.com

By the same author: “Caribbean Time Bomb” (William Morrow); “Nobody’s Child” (Grove Press); “Bass Master Shaw Grigsby” (National Geographic Books); “Boyd” (Little, Brown and Company); “American Patriot” (Little, Brown and Company); “Brute” (Little, Brown and Company)

This story was originally published August 27, 2016 at 9:00 PM with the headline "‘Double Ace: The Life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., Pilot, Hero, and Teller of Tall Tales’."