Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team
John Steinbeck & James H. (int) Meredith
Aerial Aviation Bombing Bombing; Aerial Bombing; Aerial - United States Commercial Fiction Flight Crews Flight Crews - United States General History Literary Military Transportation United States World War II
Publisher: Penguin
Published: Jul 7, 2009
Description:
A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report from one of America's great twentieth-century writersOn the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork The Grapes of Wrath-and at the height of the American war effort-John Steinbeck, one of the most prolific and influential literary figures of his generation, wrote Bombs Away, a nonfiction account of his experiences with U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews during World War II. Now, for the first time since its original publication in 1942, Penguin Classics presents this exclusive edition of Steinbeck's introduction to the then-nascent U.S. Army Air Force and its bomber crew-the essential core unit behind American air power that Steinbeck described as "the greatest team in the world."