The 12 O'Clock High Logbook

<p> </p><p>Since its original release <em>The "12 O'Clock High" Logbook: The Unofficial History of the Novel Motion Picture and TV Series</em> has been a consistent seller among WWII buffs lovers of aviation and fans of Hollywood TV and movies. The book a labor of love for co-authors Allan T. Duffin and Paul Matheis is a detailed comprehensive look at a media phenomenon.<br /><br />Army Air Force officers Beirne Lay Jr. and Sy Bartlett wrote the novel <em>12 O'Clock High</em> as a somewhat fictionalized record of their experiences in England during World War II. Twentieth Century-Fox optioned the book and produced the 1949 movie version starring Gregory Peck as tough-as-nails Brigadier General Frank Savage. In 1964 prolific producer Quinn Martin (<em>The Untouchables The FBI</em>) brought <em>12 O'Clock High</em> to television as a weekly series on ABC starring Robert Lansing as Savage.<br /><br />Packed with fresh interviews rare photographs and behind-the-scenes stories published for the first time anywhere <em>The "12 O'Clock High" Logbook</em> is the definitive history of this unique tale of heroism in World War II<em>.</em></p>