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Life and death in the skies above the battlefields of France
There are few books written by the dauntless young pilots who
fought the first real war of the air when powered aircraft bombed,
strafed, observed or fought in life or death dogfights over the
battle lines. This special Leonaur edition contains two riveting
accounts of the early conflict in the clouds by American pilots who
flew for the allied cause. Charles Biddle volunteered to join the
French Foreign Legion and became a member of the Aviation Division.
In the course of the war he flew with the French Escadrille N. 73,
the internationally famous Lafayette Escadrille and then, as the
United States of America joined the allied fight in 1917, with the
13th Aero Squadron and the 4th Pursuit Group. Biddle's book is
partnered here by an account, edited by his brother Kermit and with
letters, of the wartime experiences of Quentin Roosevelt, son of
Theodore Roosevelt. Quentin joined the United States Army Air
Service, first in a reserve squadron and ultimately in the 95th
Aero Squadron serving in France. While flying his Nieuport 28
aircraft, Roosevelt was shot down and killed in July 1918 during
combat with German aircraft, four months before the end of the war.
These are thrilling accounts flyers at the sharp end of war and are
an invaluable addition to the libraries of everyone interested in
air combat.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Life and death in the skies above the battlefields of France
There are few books written by the dauntless young pilots who
fought the first real war of the air when powered aircraft bombed,
strafed, observed or fought in life or death dogfights over the
battle lines. This special Leonaur edition contains two riveting
accounts of the early conflict in the clouds by American pilots who
flew for the allied cause. Charles Biddle volunteered to join the
French Foreign Legion and became a member of the Aviation Division.
In the course of the war he flew with the French Escadrille N. 73,
the internationally famous Lafayette Escadrille and then, as the
United States of America joined the allied fight in 1917, with the
13th Aero Squadron and the 4th Pursuit Group. Biddle's book is
partnered here by an account, edited by his brother Kermit and with
letters, of the wartime experiences of Quentin Roosevelt, son of
Theodore Roosevelt. Quentin joined the United States Army Air
Service, first in a reserve squadron and ultimately in the 95th
Aero Squadron serving in France. While flying his Nieuport 28
aircraft, Roosevelt was shot down and killed in July 1918 during
combat with German aircraft, four months before the end of the war.
These are thrilling accounts flyers at the sharp end of war and are
an invaluable addition to the libraries of everyone interested in
air combat.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes
over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American
and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists,
including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames
Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal
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edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School
Libraryocm12986570Philadelphia: M'Laughlin Brothers, 1865]. 51 p.;
22 cm.
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