| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 498 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Subject |
China National Aviation Corporation.
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Airlines -- China.
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| ISBN |
9780553804270 hardcover $30.00 |
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0553804278 hardcover |
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9780345532350 ebook |
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034553235X ebook |
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