This book Roar of the Tiger is a  FIRST EDITION, with bookplate signed by the author.  A printed red and blue bookplate stuck onto the front free endpaper states that this is a special autographed copy and it has been signed by Howard in ink at the bottom. This book is in NEW Condition and have been stored since purchased in 1991.  In addition to being signed by General James Howard the book is also signed by fifteen (15)  Flying Tigers who are listed below.

Brig. General James H. Howard was Born on April 8, 1913, in Canton China, where his American parents lived at the time while his ophthalmologist father was teaching eye surgery.  Howard returned with his family to St. Louis in 1927. After graduating from High School  he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pomona College in Claremont, California. Intending to follow his father into medicine^[Howard decided that the life of a Naval aviator was more appealing.  Entering  the United States Navy as a naval aviation cadet Howard began his flight training in January 1938 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, earning his wings a year later. In 1939, he was assigned as a  pilot aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise based at  Pearl Harbor Hawaii.  In June 1941, he left the Navy to become a P-40 fighter pilot with the American Volunteer Group  (AVG), the famous Flying Tigers. He flew 56 missions and was credited with shooting down six Japanese airplanes. . After the Flying Tigers were disbanded on July 4, 1942, Howard returned to the U.S. and was commissioned a captain in the Army Air Force. In 1943, he was promoted to the rank of major and given command of the 356th Fighter Squadron in the 354th Fighter group based in the United Kingdom.  In this theatre he would win the Medal of honor.  By wars end he was credited with 11 + victories.    He passed away on March 18, 1995

This book is in excellent condition has the additional 15 signatures of Flying Tigers:

David Tex Hill   
Ed Rector 
Dick Rossi 
Eric Schilling 
Charlie "Joe" Rosbert 
Kenneth "ken" Jernstedt 
Robert "BoB" Layher
Donald L. (Rode) Rodewald 
Robert James Raine   
Robert "Bob" Keeton
Charles Mott 
Paul J. Greene 
Chuck Older       
Robert "Duke" Hedman                                                                 
C. H. Laughlin  

*Front Cover is also signed by Robert "Bob" Layher  on his picture below the plane