Verlag: Hellgate Pr, 2001
ISBN 10: 1555715494 ISBN 13: 9781555715496
Anbieter: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy.
Verlag: Hellgate Press / PSI Research, Central Point, Oregon:, 2001
ISBN 10: 1555715494 ISBN 13: 9781555715496
Anbieter: About Books, Henderson, NV, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine condition. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Central Point, Oregon:: Hellgate Press / PSI Research, 2001. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (24.95). No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Pages are fresh and crisp. Bound in the original tan cloth, lettered in black. Sharp corners. Illustrated with a map and 43 photos. Bibliography. Index. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "Chris Magee was the leading ace under Major Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington of the Marine Corps' legendary Black Sheep Squadron. A free-spirited intellectual with the heart of a warrior and the soul of a poet, Magee grew up on Chicago's rambunctious South Side dreaming of the day when he could fly fighter planes into combat. [He joined] the from the Royal Canadian Air Force as a flying cadet in 1941. Later, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought America into the war, he transferred to the U.S. Marine Corps. Following completion of flight training, he was sent to the South Pacific where his bravery and piloting skills earned him. the Navy Cross. When the war ended, the fiercely independent Magee refused to pursue a conventional lifestyle or take advantage of the fame that awaited him in his hometown, choosing instead to seek new adventures. During the next twelve years he walked the razor's edge: black marketeer, bootlegger, volunteer fighter pilot for the fledgling nation of Israel, courier for a covert group of U.S. 'businessmen' involved in Latin American politics, and, eventually, bank robber. Then, one day, Chris Magee found an envelope slipped under his front door with a note inside that ultimately changed his life, causing him to revisit parts of his past he thought were forever forgotten." Keywords: WW2. WWII. Military Aviation history. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. viii, 246pp.