China's wings [electronic resource] : war, intrigue, romance, and adventure in the Middle Kingdom during the Golden Age of Flight / Gregory Crouch.
"The incredible real-life saga of the flying band of brothers who opened the skies over China in the years leading up to World War II"--Jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780345532350 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 034553235X (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 498 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill., maps.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Saint Patrick's day, 1931 -- "You won't be able to handle the pilots" -- "This airline is a partnership" -- Cake and champagne -- Route three -- A Pan Am man and a woman named Kitsi -- The last of the salad days -- Things fall apart -- The cavalry -- Shanghai November -- Resurrection -- The provisional capital -- The Kweilin incident -- The evacuation of Hankow -- Meeting Madame -- Bombing season -- Ventricular tachycardia -- a wing and a spare, no prayers needed -- "Those planes are Japanese!" -- In the fight -- "For us it started five years ago" -- Clipping the edge of bedrock -- "We'll be talking about that for the rest of our lives" -- Not the worst way to fight a war -- To lose a friend -- Getting his -- The gold missions -- Endgame. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | China National Aviation Corporation. Airlines > China. |
Genre: | Electronic books. |