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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Adam Makos – Tidal Wave | Books on Third
LOCATION:Books on Third\, 1300 3rd St. S\, Balcony Boutiques\, Naples
DESCRIPTION:Time: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM\n\nJoin us for an evening with Adam Ma
 kos featuring his new book\, Tidal Wave.\n\nAbout the Book:\n\nOperation 
 Tidal Wave produced five Medals of Honor and remains one of the costliest
  missions in American airpower history. But the extraordinary story that 
 began after the bombers crashed in the foothills of Romania has never bee
 n told in full. In TIDAL WAVE: The Pilots\, the Princess\, and the Enemy 
 Ace—A True Story of Courage and Survival in WWII (Ballantine\, on sale 11
 /3)\, Adam Makos brings that little-known aftermath vividly to life.\n\nT
 he Ploesti oil fields—the objective of the famous August 1\, 1943 low-lev
 el B-24 raid—fueled the Axis war machine\, making them one of the most st
 rategically important targets of World War II. At a moment when energy in
 frastructure is once again central to global conflict\, the story of how 
 the Allies attempted to destroy “Hitler’s gas station” feels newly resona
 nt. In TIDAL WAVE\, Makos recreates the attack itself\, and then shifts f
 ocus to what happened next: the fate of the American airmen shot down ove
 r Romania\, and the extraordinary Romanians who chose to help them.\n\nAt
  the center of the story is Lt. Ernie Poulson\, a young B-24 copilot whos
 e plane crash-landed on the estate of Princess Ecaterina “Catherine” Cara
 dja. By nationality\, she was his enemy\; Ernie and his fellow Americans 
 had just bombed her country. But what she did next defied every expectati
 on. As Makos widens the lens\, we meet Catherine’s cousin\, Prince Consta
 ntine Cantacuzino\, Romania’s top ace who fights for the other side but w
 ill ultimately face a choice to help rescue the very Americans he faced i
 n the air\, and King Michael I\, the young monarch working to pull his co
 untry out from under Hitler’s grip before it’s too late.\n\nDrawing on ne
 wly uncovered sources\, family archives\, diaries\, letters\, and firstha
 nd accounts\, TIDAL WAVE brings Makos’s signature immersive\, character-d
 riven approach to one of World War II’s most legendary air campaigns. The
  result is at once a combat narrative\, an escape story\, and a deeply hu
 man account of courage\, resistance\, and reconciliation—asking what happ
 ens when the person you’ve been taught to see as the enemy becomes the on
 e willing to save you..\n\nReserve Your Spot\n\nMore info: https://thirds
 treetsouth.com/event/author-talk-with-adam-makos-tidal-wave-books-on-thir
 d-2/
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