Highest Duty; My Search for What Really Matters

CAPT. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, Jeffrey Zaslow

ISBN 10: 0061924687 / ISBN 13: 9780061924682

Published by William Morrow and Company, New York, NY, 2009

About this Item

William Morrow and Company, New York. 2009. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/ First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; page 183 is not aligned with the textblock due to page misfit in printing. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($25.99) . Blue paper over boards with red overlay on spine with bright blue lettering on spine. Pictorial endpapers. 340 pp 8vo. In this inspirational autobiography, Captain "Sully" Sullenberger, the airline pilot whose emergency landing on the Hudson River earned the world's admiration, tells his life story and talks about the essential qualities that he believes have been so vital to his success. A narrative that reminds the reader that cultivating seemingly ordinary virtues can prepare us to perform extraordinary acts. A clean very presentable copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Highest Duty; My Search for What Really Matters
• Publisher: William Morrow and Company, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061924687
• ISBN 13: 9780061924682
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autobiography
  • General Military

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Synopsis

Airline pilot Captain "Sully" Sullenberger tells his life story, including his perspective on the emergency landing on the Hudson River that earned him the world's admiration, and offers insight on the essential qualities--leadership, responsibility and service--that he believes have been vital to his success. 350,000 first printing.

About the Authors

Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III has been dedicated to the pursuit of safety for his entire adult life. While he is best known for serving as Captain during what has been called the "Miracle on the Hudson," Sullenberger is a speaker, aviation safety expert, and accident investigator, serves as the CBS News Aviation and Safety Expert, and is the founder and chief executive officer of Safety Reliability Methods, Inc., a company dedicated to management, safety, performance, and reliability consulting. He lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Jeffrey Zaslow was a Wall Street Journal columnist, and, with Randy Pausch, coauthor of The Last Lecture, and the author of The Girls from Ames. Zaslow died in 2012 at the age of 53.