Gods of Tin The Flying Years |
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| Author:
| Salter, James |
| Editor:
| Benton, Jessica
Benton, William |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-46954-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $14.00 |
Book Description:
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A singular life often circles around a singular moment, an occasion when one's life in the world is defined forever and the emotional vocabulary set. For the extraordinary writer James Salter, this moment was contained in the fighter planes over Korea where, during his young manhood, he flew more than one hundred missions. James Salter is considered one of America's greatest prose stylists. "The Arm of Flesh "(later revised and retitled "Cassada") and his first novel, "The...
More DescriptionA singular life often circles around a singular moment, an occasion when one's life in the world is defined forever and the emotional vocabulary set. For the extraordinary writer James Salter, this moment was contained in the fighter planes over Korea where, during his young manhood, he flew more than one hundred missions.
James Salter is considered one of America's greatest prose stylists. "The Arm of Flesh "(later revised and retitled "Cassada") and his first novel, "The Hunters, "are legendary in military circles for their descriptions of flying and aerial combat. A former Air Force pilot who flew F-86 fighters in Korea, Salter writes with matchless insight about the terror and exhilaration of the pilot's life.