True story of Franklin McMahon, WWII navigator and award-winning artist who survived a German prison camp to return to his love, Irene, in Chicago. After his return, McMahon became a presidential artist and illustrated Apollo space missions.

"In Mac & Irene, Margot McMahon captures with subtlety, wit and an artist's vision the way the Greatest Generation saw the war-torn world that shaped their and our lives." —Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History Emeritus, Yale University and advisor to BBC's Our War

"With clarity and lyricism, Margot McMahon relays the story of her parents' love, trials, and eventual triumph over the greatest of hardships. Not to be missed." –Rachael Herron, bestselling memoirist

"As if uncovering a lost work of art, author Margot McMahon exquisitely reveals the World War II story through images that originally were stored in her prisoner-of-war father's mind, escaped into his drawings and paintings, and now run across the pages of this book." –Burt Constable, award-winning columnist, The Daily Herald