Saturday, February 21, 2015

The Unsubstantial Air

American Fliers in the First World War
by Samuel Hynes

If you enjoy non-fiction historical books you may like this one. The author has put together a story about pilots from World War I, gathering information from journals, letters, and their relatives. The attitudes and daily life activities of these men are examined, from how their perception of what war was supposed to be like, to the way pilots act and dress in contrast with infantry men. The details of what kind of conditions the pilots experienced while flying was very interesting, and not something I’d read about before, especially in World War I. If you don’t know anyone who flies a plane, this will give you a good idea about the particular attitude they possess, and if you do know pilots, this will just reaffirm what you already know about them.

~Becky

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