The Unsubstantial Air: American Fliers in the First World War
by:
Samuel Hynes (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780374712259 (0374712255)
Publish date: October 21st 2014
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
The author (as a veteran Second World War combat pilot) brings a special sensitivity and awareness to the subject matter of this book --- the young American men who flew in combat in Europe during the First World War --- that stands it in good stead. Airplanes are so commonplace to us today that we ...