{"product_id":"9781440650802","title":"The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid - America's First World War II Victory","description":"Immediately after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to restore the honor of the United States with a dramatic act of vengeance: a retaliatory bombing raid on Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, eighty brave young men, led by the famous daredevil Jimmy Doolittle, took off from a navy carrier in the mid-Pacific on what everyone regarded as a suicide mission but instead became a resounding American victory and helped turn the tide of the war. \u003ci\u003eThe First Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of that mission. Meticulously researched and based on interviews with twenty of the surviving Tokyo Raiders, this is a true account that almost defies belief, a tremendous human drama of great personal courage, and a powerful reminder that ordinary people, when faced with extraordinary circumstances, can rise to the challenge of history.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175804977392,"sku":"9781440650802","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440650802_p0.jpg?v=1763795307","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440650802","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}