The Unsubstantial Air: American Fliers in the First World War
by Hynes, Samuel
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374535582
- ISBN 13
- 9780374535582
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Ex-Library Trade Paperback Ex-Library Book in Good Condition. B/W photos. Clean and unmarked wrappers with light wear to extremities. Minimal library marks, Tight and solid glued binding. Pages clean, no highlighting, no underlinig, no marginalia. The story of the Americans who fought and died in the aerial battles of World War I. It is an account of the excitment of becoming a pilot and flying in combat over the Western Front, told through the words and voices of the aviators themselves, drawing on the letters sent home, diaries kept, and memoirs published after the war, telling of their experiences--the wonder of seeing the world from the air, keeping their hands from freezing in the open cockpits of WWI airplanes, party with actresses and aristocrats--and searching for their friends' bodies on the battlefield. 322 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. 2015, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Unsubstantial Air: American Fliers in the First World War
- Author
- Hynes, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0374535582
- ISBN 13
- 9780374535582
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- WORLD WAR I PILOTS AIR BATTLES
- X weight
- 0 oz
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