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*SIGNED* Flyboys—A True Story of Courage by James Bradley 1st FIRST EDITION
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed By
- James Bradley
- Signed
- Yes
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Age Level
- Adults
- Edition
- First Edition
- Type
- Chronicle
- Era
- 1940s
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Autograph Authentication
- Authenticated
- Object Type
- Book
- Original/Reproduction
- Original
- Features
- signed
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Subjects
- History & Military
- ISBN
- 9780316105842
- Book Title
- Flyboys : a True Story of Courage
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Law, History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / General, Military
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 24.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
About this product
Product Information
James Bradley's #1 bestseller Flags of Our Fathers made real the humanity and legacy of war as few books had before. Now, in Flyboys, Bradley returns to World War II and an extraordinary-and totally unknown-true story of courage.Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. One of those nine was miraculously rescued by a U.S. Navy submarine. The others were captured by Japanese soldiers on Chichi Jima and held prisoner.Then they disappeared.When the war was over, the American government, along with the Japanese, covered up everything that had happened on Chichi Jima. The records of a top-secret military tribunal were sealed, the lives of the eight Flyboys were erased, and the parents, brothers, sisters, and sweethearts they left behind were left to wonder.Flyboys reveals for the first time ever the extraordinary story of those men. Bradley's quest for the truth took him from dusty attics in American small towns, to untapped government archives containing classified documents, to the heart of Japan, and finally to Chichi Jima itself. What he discovered was a mystery that dated back far before World War II-back 150 years, to America's westward expansion and Japan's first confrontation with the western world.Bradley brings into vivid focus these brave young men who went to war for their country, and through their lives he also tells the larger story of two nations in a hellish war. With no easy moralizing, Bradley presents history in all its savage complexity, including the Japanese warrior mentality that fostered inhuman brutality and the U.S. military strategy that justified attacks on millions of civilians. And, after almost sixty years of mystery, Bradley finally reveals the fate of the eight American Flyboys, all of whom would ultimately face a moment and a decision that few of us can even imagine.Flyboys is a story of war and horror but also of friendship and honor. It is about how we die, and how we live-including the tale of the Flyboy who escaped capture, a young Navy pilot named George H. W. Bush who would one day become president of the United States. A masterpiece of historical narrative, Flyboys will change forever our understanding of the Pacific war and the very things we fight for.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316105848
ISBN-13
9780316105842
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2165537
Product Key Features
Book Title
Flyboys : a True Story of Courage
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / General, Military
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Law, History
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D804.J3b73 2003
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2003-044725
Dewey Decimal
940.54/05/09528
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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