Summary of Adam Makos & Larry Alexander's A Higher Call

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 In 1945, the American heavy bombers came to German city of Straubing and destroyed a third of the city. The Americans then handed out food stamps to the German citizens, who were mostly silent.
#2 As Franz walked down the street, he saw people standing in line to get work. The brickyard was farther down the street, and the veteran he had seen every day for the past year was there, footless, waiting for work.
#3 Franz was not too proud to take handouts from the victors. Handouts meant eight hundred calories of food a day and survival. When Franz was a pilot, he had been well fed. But after the war, Franz had forgotten the feeling of being full.
#4 After the war, Franz was released by the Americans because of his clean record. He wanted to work, but the Americans had no use for him because he had not been a member of the Nazi Party. The Americans instead labeled him a Nazi, which caused him to be harassed by other workers.

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Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 22 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669356745
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Adam Makos & Larry Alexander's A Higher Call
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14 Insights from Chapter 15 Insights from Chapter 16 Insights from Chapter 17 Insights from Chapter 18 Insights from Chapter 19 Insights from Chapter 20 Insights from Chapter 21 Insights from Chapter 22 Insights from Chapter 23 Insights from Chapter 24 Insights from Chapter 25
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In 1945, the American heavy bombers came to German city of Straubing and destroyed a third of the city. The Americans then handed out food stamps to the German citizens, who were mostly silent.

#2

As Franz walked down the street, he saw people standing in line to get work. The brickyard was farther down the street, and the veteran he had seen every day for the past year was there, footless, waiting for work.

#3

Franz was not too proud to take handouts from the victors. Handouts meant eight hundred calories of food a day and survival. When Franz was a pilot, he had been well fed. But after the war, Franz had forgotten the feeling of being full.

#4

After the war, Franz was released by the Americans because of his clean record. He wanted to work, but the Americans had no use for him because he had not been a member of the Nazi Party. The Americans instead labeled him a Nazi, which caused him to be harassed by other workers.

#5

The manager told the police that Franz had demanded work ahead of the others and refused to leave. The angry mob confirmed the manager’s story. With tears in his eyes, the manager told the police that Franz had been violent.

#6

When Franz got to the plant, the manager told the police that Franz had stolen the papers. The police arrested Franz and took him away. Franz was overwhelmed with grief and fear.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The small boy was Franz Stigler, and the older boy was his brother August. Franz was twelve, and August was sixteen. They were members of a glider club, and Franz was scheduled to become the youngest pilot.

#2

Two adults in the glider club followed the boys up the hill. The men hauled a heavy, black rubber rope used to launch the glider. One of the adults was Franz’s father, also named Franz. He was a thin man with a tiny mustache and circular spectacles that looped over big ears.

#3

On the top of the hill, Franz’s father tied the canvas straps that held his shoulders to the glider’s seat. He then attached the rubber rope to a hook in the glider’s nose, next to where the landing ski curved upward. Franz’s father and the other boys pulled the rope taunt. Franz rocketed forward, then instantly straight up. Something was seriously wrong.

#4

The glider could be rebuilt, so the boys worked on it. They replaced the wing’s broken spars over sawhorses in the grass, and Franz re-glued the wing ribs. He brushed the glue over the wood’s seams heavily, thinking that he would not miss a spot if he coated everything.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

When Franz’s mother enrolled him in a Catholic boarding school, she wanted him to become a priest. Franz loved flying, but his mother wanted him to become a priest. He wanted to fly every day, so he went to the brewery down the street and flew there.

#2

In the 1930s, Germany was experiencing a period of renewed optimism and expansive power. The airplane, like the autobahn, was a symbol of national pride and promise. Franz Stigler, a pilot for Lufthansa, had come a long way since his life-altering talk with Father Josef.

#3

Franz was trained by the German government to be an instructor pilot. He was to teach new pilots how to fly long distances using instruments. He would remain a civilian, the officer assured him. He would fly his Ju-52 airliner under the banner of the airlines, although his missions would serve the Air Force.

#4

The Heinkel 72 Cadet, designed for the Air Force as a pilot trainer, was flown by Franz from the instructor’s front seat. In the cockpit behind him sat a student pilot. Franz was supposed to be off duty, but he had volunteered to take a struggling pilot up for some extra practice.

#5

Franz was a flight instructor, and he enjoyed it. He oversaw four instructors, each of whom looked after four students. The Air Force paid him his airline salary, which was the equivalent to a major’s wages.

#6

In early 1939, the student who would become Franz’s most cherished student waited for him as he climbed out of his plane after a lesson. It was his brother, August, who had enlisted in the Air Force against their mother’s wishes. Franz taught August aerobatics, high-altitude flying, and emergency procedures.

#7

The brothers took to the skies, Franz in front, August behind, to practice August’s least favorite mission: flying blind. Soon after takeoff, Franz ordered August under the hood. August pulled a handle and a black cloth covered his canopy, locking him into a cockpit lit only by instruments.

#8

The brothers stayed at their childhood home in Amberg during their holiday. While looking for August, Franz found a stack of letters on his brother’s desk. He suspected the letters belonged to his brother’s fiancée, the cardinal’s niece. He warned August that the letters were dangerous.

#9

In 1939, Germany went to war with Poland. The cadets were excited about the war, but Franz was not. He did not want to get involved. The war was not what it seemed, though, as it would eventually cost the lives of more than 4 million German soldiers and a million civilians.

#10

On October 10, August died in a plane crash. His entire crew was killed. There would be no funeral. He was already buried in Caen, France. Franz blamed himself for August’s crash. He had trained him.

#11

After the war, Franz would resign from the German Air Force because of the war. He would later learn the truth about the camps, and how they were not being run in an orderly manner.