0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction

Buy Now

Dakota Flight - A Tale of the Canadian North and of World War II (Hardcover) Loot Price: R513
Discovery Miles 5 130
You Save: R94 (15%)
Dakota Flight - A Tale of the Canadian North and of World War II (Hardcover): Paul Wa Kowicz

Dakota Flight - A Tale of the Canadian North and of World War II (Hardcover)

Paul Wa Kowicz

 (sign in to rate)
List price R607 Loot Price R513 Discovery Miles 5 130 You Save R94 (15%)

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

Flying rescue missions is part of George Young's job, and he accepts the risks of a night flight through a blizzard to a remote Canadian village, despite a finicky engine. Although dicey, the long journey provides George with time to reminisce:

The lure of flight to a 17-year-old boy, proud to have earned his pilot's license. The exciting, terrifying disruption of World War II to everything he's known. Insane flying missions in the Aleutians, where less than ten percent of the weather is fit for aircraft or airmen. A suicide sortie after intelligence on a prototype Japanese bomber with a range that threatens US soil. The bittersweet success of a guerilla movement in the Philippine jungles. Dynamic pilots who taught George how to survive, whose dedication to duty cost them their lives. And a patchwork love, never fully realized, always just out of reach.

As he wrestles his aircraft and the storm on this errand of mercy, George also wrestles with eternal questions of destiny. What is his purpose, that he should live and others die? Is he doomed to drift, his heart hardening as he struggles to survive in civilian life even more than he did during the war?

General

Imprint: Iuniverse, Inc.
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2014
First published: February 2014
Authors: Paul Wa Kowicz
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 978-1-4759-7965-7
Categories: Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction
Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction > General
LSN: 1-4759-7965-7
Barcode: 9781475979657

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Never
Ken Follett Paperback R375 R293 Discovery Miles 2 930
Storm Tide
Wilbur Smith, Tom Harper Hardcover R457 Discovery Miles 4 570
The New Kingdom
Wilbur Smith, Mark Chadbourn Hardcover  (1)
R274 Discovery Miles 2 740
Outcast
Chris Ryan Paperback R427 R351 Discovery Miles 3 510
The Boat Runner
Devin Murphy Paperback R305 R284 Discovery Miles 2 840
Auschwitz Lullaby - A Novel
Mario Escobar Paperback R149 R123 Discovery Miles 1 230
The Heist
Jack Du Brul Paperback R380 R297 Discovery Miles 2 970
The Wolf Hunt - Nazi Terror in South…
Justin Fox Paperback R310 R248 Discovery Miles 2 480
Cilka's Journey
Heather Morris Paperback  (4)
R440 R364 Discovery Miles 3 640
The Camp Whore
Francois Smith Paperback  (2)
R350 R301 Discovery Miles 3 010
Just Once
Karen Kingsbury Hardcover R380 R304 Discovery Miles 3 040
Vier Susters
Gerda Taljaard Paperback R229 Discovery Miles 2 290

See more

Partners