[WWI] WW1 books

[Steve Cox]

My  early inspirations were ³Wind in the Wires² by Grinnell-Milne, and
³Sagittarius Rising² by Cecil Lewis.

Steve




From: Mike Muth <mikemuth at ptd.net>
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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:24:57 -0400
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Subject: Re: [WWI] WW1 books


Bruce
I would suggest getting/reading "No Parachute" by Arthur Gould Lee. Lots of
good airplane stuff and he also knew how to write. He injects his own sense
of humor into his writing and that sets it apart a little bit from other
narratives by the pilots.
Mike Muth

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From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On
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Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:11 AM
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Subject: [WWI] WW1 books

I've been noting the titles of ww1 books that list members have been
recommending, with the intention to try and obtain them.

Many of you, I am sure, will have read 'The Middle Parts of Fortune'
by Frederic Manning.

This isn't a novel about airplanes or tanks. However, it is the life
of men in the trenches at Somme and Ancre in 1916, written by one who
was there.

For those of you who might not have read it, let me quote the
opinions of greater men than I.

Hemingway wrote of the book: "It is the finest and noblest book of
men in war that I have ever read. I read it over once each year to
remember how things really were so that I will never lie to
myself  nor to anyone else about them."

Lawrence of Arabia wrote: "No praise could be too sheer for this
book. I am sure that it is the book of books as far as the British
army-in -the -war is concerned."

Bruce Boldner.





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