Reluctant Hero

Author: Sonia Carlsen Fedak ISBN 978-1-63868-178-6 (softcover);978-1-63868-179-3 (hardcover) 328 pages FROM THE AUTHORThe Enterprise saga captured world-wide attention, and not since Charles Lindbergh’s first solo flight over the Atlantic had onlookers on either side of the Atlantic been so taken with a peacetime hero. The Enterprise story was front page headlines worldwide for more than two weeks and resurfaced on every anniversary for years. The Danish American skipper shared front page headlines with Winston Churchill, President Harry S. Truman, the Korean War and a British ruler’s death. Some days Kurt Carlsen’s story knocked them all off the front page. It was a story that everyone from youngster to grandparent had a passion to follow. It was a good story. The sense of responsibility, the sense of duty, honor and integrity this captain of the Flying Enterprise had was inspiring. It’s what the world needed. These readers in every country pulled for the Flying Enterprise and her cap