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The Lady and the Tigers: Remembering the Flying Tigers of World War II | 
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| Author: Olga Greenlaw
Creator: Daniel Ford
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 187932
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 269
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 059522234X
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9780595222346
ASIN: 059522234X
Publication Date: April 21, 2002
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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 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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 a great book lives again March 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This review refers to the Kindle e-book version of The Lady and the Tigers: Remembering the Flying Tigers of World War II:
I don't think I ever enjoyed working on a book as much as this one. Olga Greenlaw wrote it in 1943 and promptly vanished from sight. Whatever happened to her? I was able to find out, and to garner some great information about her earlier life in Mexico and China. So here's her book again, edited from the perspective of sixtysome years, and with a foreword and afterword to explain where the Greenlaws came from and what happened to them after their tumultuous year with the AVG.
Joel Naprstek wrote of it: "This is a great book on a great group done like no other on the AVG-Flying Tigers. An inside point of view from Olga Greenlaw, the only female (a timeless beauty I might add) of the group that defended Rangoon, the Burma Road and China in the very early days of WWII. This book gets into details and personalities that most of the other books on the Tigers only touch upon. The author herself is a mystery in most of the other books on the AVG but she's fully revealed in this one.... No fan of the Flying Tigers should be without this book."
The Lady and the Tigers: Remembering the Flying Tigers of World War II is also available as a large-format paperback, with photos, at a much higher price. The photographs, which various reviewers have mentioned, don't appear in the Kindle edition. (I'm working on this! If and when I master the process, earlier buyers of the e-book will be able to download the new version.)
Blue skies! - Dan Ford
 Great book but a possibly questionable edit November 7, 2007
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
I read the original book in the 70s, given to me by a woman who knew Olga Greenlaw. It is indeed a fascinating book and it's great that it was reprinted. The Lady and the Tigers provides a very valuable insight into the activities and organization of the AVG (some of which is not available in most other sources). One can also do some very amusing cross referencing between this book and Boyingtons autobiography and his strange but amusing novel 'Tonya'. Read with other AVG biographies and memoires a colorful and engaging picture of this remarkable place and time emerge.
Olga Greenlaw was a remarkable individual herself, no doubt about it and the book is a compelling war memoir of the first order. My only concern is with Dan Fords edit. Mr. Ford is quite outspoken on aviation forums and within the historical aviation community, and as you can see here in his blog, he has very specific and strongly held opinions on a variety of matters. Sometimes he seems to get a bit carried away. He got into a very public debate with AVG pilot Eric Shilling before his death about the P-40 which turned quite nasty.
From that debate and from reading discussions involving Mr Ford in forums online I have personally seen that he can sometimes be disengenous. Based on his own description the editing done to this book was substantial. While I have great interest in Olga Greenlaws observations, I am considerably less eager to learn the opinions of mr. Ford, or in seeing history through his personal lens.
So the bottom line for me is that while I'm glad this is available to people interested in the AVG, I'd personally reccomend getting the original book as well if your interest is more than superficial. The original can still be found though it's getting more expensive. I hope it is re-relased one day as it was written. Olgas original testimony in her own words is a valuable resource. A foreward or some footnotes are one thing, but why should one rewrite a primary source? I think researchers and interested readers can make their own interpretations.
AVG/SILVERPLATE March 13, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Since I have a number of books and P-40B models(1st,2nd,&3rd Squadrons)I found that this book completed my research on the FLYING TIGERS.Other volumes delt with aircraft,markings,combat,and only touched briefly on Harvey and Olga Greenlaw.She filled in the void.I should have liked to have met them both.My home town is Los Angeles and I was in the Air Force(Korean War). She was must have been QUITE a woman since the men, upon seeing her reacted'like dogs straining at the leash'.
 Fascinating book December 24, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Brings a completely diffrent perspective to a well known story. There is little absolute truth when studying history and this book is definitely told from Olga's perspective. Having said that I don't think any study of the AVG would be complete without reading this book. I would have given 5 stars but the print quality and in particular the pictures are very poorly reproduced. A pity, this book desrves better.
The Lady and the Tigers July 28, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
A 'must read' for those interested in the history of aviation during the World War Two period by an author who lived it. Gives the reader a new perspective on how the war in the Pacific really got started. A great companion book for Dan Ford's "Flying Tigers" and Greg Boyington's "Baa Baa Black Sheep"
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