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  • Baa Baa Black Sheep

  • The True Story of the "Bad Boy" Hero of the Pacific Theatre and His Famous Black Sheep Squadron
  • Written by: Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
  • Narrated by: Eric Martin
  • Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (24 ratings)

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Baa Baa Black Sheep

Written by: Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
Narrated by: Eric Martin
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Publisher's Summary

Here, in his own words, is the true story of America's wildest flying hero, of his extraordinary heroism, and of his greatest battle of all-the fight to survive.  

The World War II air war in the Pacific needed tough men like Colonel Pappy Boyington and his Black Sheep Squadron. The legendary Marine Corps officer and his bunch of misfits, outcasts, and daredevils gave a new definition to "hell-raising" - on the ground and in the skies.  

Pappy himself was a living legend-he personally shot down 28 Japanese planes, and won the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. He broke every rule in the book doing so, but when he fell into the hands of the vengeful Japanese his real ordeal began.

©1958 Col. Gregory Boyington (P)2019 Tantor

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Dumb luck or a chance of redemption?

Very insightful for Greg to see how not to hate his enemy. I enjoyed his story. And I laughed a few times at his honesty about his own stupidity.

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  • D. DAVIS
  • 2019-08-21

Who picked the narrator?

I’ve read/heard books narrated by Eric Martin before, but none happily. That being said, I can’t imagine a more incongruous pairing than Eric Marin and Pappy Boyington. Martin is full of affectation, and, seemingly, himself. The opposite of a hard-drinking, hell-raising Marine fighter ace. As much as I wanted to reD the book, if I’d noticed it was Martin, I might’ve waited until summer and read a hard copy version. 

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  • John Mack
  • 2019-09-04

Annoying

It’s like having Forest Gump reading to you! The narrator emphasizes the last word or syllable of almost every sentence. Just think of Gump saying “ JennAY.”

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  • Rob L Blauvelt
  • 2019-07-03

Story was developing fine but...

It seems like the story was developing fine but, the narrator's voice does not work with this subject. I'm not sure why but, I could not finish. Hope it works better for you.

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  • Thomas S. Connelly
  • 2019-08-09

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Interesting story but it was poorly written. Most disappointing though was the narration which bordered on annoying.

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  • Erik Solecki
  • 2019-07-18

great story - poor narration.

The narrators performance/style does not match the context of book and was off-putting and awkward

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  • PWB
  • 2019-12-06

Great memoir read by Sheldon from Big Bang Theory

Gripping wartime accounts, brutal honesty, fascinating psychological journey... just a first rate memoir. Get the hardcopy, because the unfortunate narration is antithetical to the tone of the text.

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  • John
  • 2020-10-07

Very Good Memoir

I really enjoyed this book. It is very well written and tells the story of a most interesting life. Boyington is best known for his exploits as a Marine fighter pilot. He is less well known as a member of the Fighting Tigers ("American Volunteer Group") and as a Japanese prisoner of war. The book tells the full story, along with his tribulations as a civilian.

Boyington is very introspective in the book. He takes a stark look at himself, including his struggles with alcohol. He is surprisingly generous in his view of the Japanese people, a view not shared by many veterans of the Pacific Theater. This book was written in 1957. It allows Boyington time for perspective--and also shows he was not trying to capitalize on his immediate post-war fame. It also details his considerable struggles in civilian life. It is a complicated portrait of a complicated man, a man with virtues as well as many flaws.

The narration is a bit of another story. Martin sounds to me like a guy trying to imitate Rod Serling. At first, I found the narration irritating, and might have given up but for the compelling story. As the book went on, I found the narration more tolerable, but I won't be searching for other books narrated by him. Listen to the sample and be sure you are prepared for nearly 14 hours of this.

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  • William E Bump
  • 2020-02-06

Narrator is horrible

The story is good but I could only listen to that narrator for 35 minutes before I shut it off. His bizarre attempts to enunciate every work is nasally and very annoying.Too bad.

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  • Shawn Brisbay
  • 2019-11-27

Narrator not suited to the material

I was really looking forward to listening on a road trip but the narrators inflection and tone tended to be extremely irritating. I couldn’t listen to anymore after a hour

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  • gmaumee
  • 2019-10-30

Save your money

As a former Marine I wanted to hear "Pappy's" story. The book wandered rambled on about senseless details. I forced myself to listen by skipping chapters and getting into the story. The narration was terrible. The book might have been better with another narrator.

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