When young Eddie Gillespie discovers a World War II airplane in the
jungle, with a grinning skeleton at the controls, he sets a story
in motion. Two American fighter pilots in the Chinese Air Force,
with their English and Burmese girlfriends, and a Japanese suicide
pilot whose name happens to mean "tree of the sun"--they clash at
Rangoon, while the British empire falls about their ears. Here is a
story of the Flying Tigers, immortalized by their exploits in
Southeast Asia in the opening months of the Pacific War, as told by
a man uniquely qualified to write about those stirring times.
Ford's history of the Flying Tigers won the award of excellence
from the Aviation-Space Writers Association, while his novel of the
Vietnam war inspired the Burt Lancaster film "Go Tell the
Spartans," which the "Cincinnati Enquirer" called "one of the
noblest films, ever, about men in crisis." Here he deftly melds
fact and fiction in an unforgettable wartime romance. "You can't
beat remains, kid," Lieutenant Atherton says in a beautifully
limned conclusion. "They'll tell the story every time."
General
| Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2013 |
| First published: |
October 2013 |
| Authors: |
Daniel Ford
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
228 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4927-7950-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-4927-7950-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781492779506 |
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