Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team Paperback - 2009 - 2nd Edition
by John Steinbeck; Introduction by James H. Meredith
A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War IIreport from one of America's great twentieth-century writers
On the heels of the enormous success of his masterworkThe Grapes of Wrath-and at the height of the American wareffort-John Steinbeck, one of the most prolific and influential literaryfigures of his generation, wrote Bombs Away, a nonfiction accountof his experiences with U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews duringWorld War II. Now, for the first time since its original publication in1942, Penguin Classics presents this exclusive edition of Steinbeck'sintroduction to the then-nascent U.S. Army Air Force and its bombercrew-the essential core unit behind American air power thatSteinbeck described as "the greatest team in the world."
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On the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork The Grapes of Wrath?and at the height of the American war effort?John Steinbeck, one of the most prolific and influential literary figures of his generation, wrote Bombs Away, a nonfiction account of his experiences with U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews during World War II. Now, for the first time since its original publication in 1942, Penguin Classics presents this exclusive edition of Steinbeck?s introduction to the then-nascent U.S. Army Air Force and its bomber crew?the essential core unit behind American air power that Steinbeck described as ?the greatest team in the world.?
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- Title Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team
- Author John Steinbeck; Introduction by James H. Meredith
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 2nd
- Edition 2
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
- Date 2009-10-01
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143105916 / 0143105914
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 in (19.30 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Library of Congress subjects United States, Flight crews - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010279407
- Dewey Decimal Code 358.420
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2010, Page 313
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