Bibliograph

The unsubstantial air, American fliers in the First World War, Samuel Hynes

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The unsubstantial air, American fliers in the First World War, Samuel Hynes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-305) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The unsubstantial air

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

884665059

Responsibility statement

Samuel Hynes

Sub title

American fliers in the First World War

Summary

The gripping story of the Americans who fought and died in the aerial battles of World War I. Much more than a traditional military history, it is an account of the excitement of becoming a pilot and flying in combat over the Western Front, told through the words and voices of the aviators themselves. By drawing on letters sent home, diaries kept, and memoirs published in the years that followed, Hynes brings to life the emotions, anxieties, and triumphs of the young pilots

Table Of Contents

Prologue: A Fire Beyond the Horizon -- An Occupation for Gentlemen -- The Ivy League Air Force -- Going -- Abroad I : First Impressions -- Driving the Machine -- The Pleasurable Sensation of Flying -- Waiting for the War -- How to Fight -- This Killing Business -- Abroad II : Getting Acquainted -- In Pursuit -- Looking at the War -- A Short History of Bombing -- Summer : 1918 -- September : St. Mihiel -- Abroad III : End Games -- The Last Battle -- November Eleventh -- Afterwards

Target audience

adult

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