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The Hiroshima Pilot: The Case of Major Claude Eatherly Who Has Been Called "The American Dreyfus."
by William Bradford Huie
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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A$22.76A$15.93
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About This Item
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1964 G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1964. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Retired military library copy. Book is tight, has slight spine roll, and is unmarked but for library stamps on the endpapers, title page, and beginning of Chapter 2. Book Condition: Good; light shelfwear; index number on spine; pocket in rear; publisher's error of double printing on pages 206, 207, 210, 211, 214, 215, 218, 219, 222, 223; light dust soiling to textblock top. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($5.95); light edge bumping; glue remnant on spine from index number sticker. Red cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine; plane and A-bomb blast on front board in black. Yellow endpapers. 318 pp 8vo. MAJ Eatherly was the pilot of Straight Flush, a B-29 that made a simulated bomb run on Hiroshima on 6 AUG 45 and radioed an "all clear" to Enola Gay which dropped the first atomic bomb. Since 1950, he has been under psychiatric care and blamed himself for the deaths of 100,000 Japanese and is to have sought punishment by committing as bizarre series of crimes to atone for his part in the A-bomb. This book presents all the facts of his story and delves into the heart and mind of a man who has been a pilot in the service of his country, a holdup man, a mental patient, and a symbol of mass guilt. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013972
- Title
- The Hiroshima Pilot: The Case of Major Claude Eatherly Who Has Been Called "The American Dreyfus."
- Author
- William Bradford Huie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Enola Gay, atomic bombs, Hiroshima, little boy, Straight Flush, B-29 bomber, 509th Composite Group, mental health, PTSD, mass guilt, holdup man, robber, psychiatric care, MAJ Claude Eatherly, advance weather plane, remorse, nightmares, guilt complex,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation/Aircraft;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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