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Crouch, Gregory, 1966-
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China National Aviation Corporation.
Airlines -- China.
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China's wings : war,...
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China's wings : war, intrigue, romance, and adventure in the Middle Kingdom during the Golden Age of Flight / Gregory Crouch.
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Crouch, Gregory, 1966-
New York : Bantam Books, c2012.
Subjects
China National Aviation Corporation.
Airlines -- China.
ISBN:
9780553804270 (hc)
0553804278 (hc)
9780345532350 (ebook)
034553235X (ebook)
Description:
xix, 498 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
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.
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"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.
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Hawaii Kai Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
387.70951 Cr
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387.70951 Cr
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