Echoes in The Sky - An Anthology of Aviation Verse 1914-1945 - Ronald Dixon - Hardcover
Ronald Dixon
Blanford Press (1982)
In Collection
#998
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Anthology
aviator
Hardcover 0713712716
USA  English
Product Details
LoC Classification PR1195.A37E25 1982
Dewey 821/.912/080358
Nationality British
Pub Place Poole Dorset
Cover Price $7.95
No. of Pages 128
Height x Width 0.7  inch
Personal Details
Read It Yes
Links Amazon US
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User Defined
Conflict 20th Century Misc.
Notes
Not in Reilly.

Book Description: 128 pp, small 8vo (7 9/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0713712716 "Unique among the very few anthologies of aviation verse, (this book) takes as its major theme the military aircrews and the warplanes that they flew. Through the medium of seventy of their poems and songs, (it) candidly portrays airmen as they were, in humour, sadness, pride, and comradeship, in the two World Wars and the intervening years of comparative peace. It reflects - often grimly - the affection or animosity they felt towards their aircraft.The main bulk of the 70 poems in this unique anthology is devoted to the poems and songs of the aviators themselves, but poems by famous poets moved by airmen and flight and popular songs and parodies are included. Each period is introduced by a short historical survey of the air services of that time, while short commentaries to each poem highlight the context, subject and author." Light cigarette odor. Dust jacket has very minor rubbing.!
Very Good+/Near Fine