Gods of Tin
Subtitle: The Flying Years
Contributors: Jessica Benton (Editor); William Benton (Editor)
Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard
Published: August 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781593760069
Subjects: Diaries; United States; Military; Biography / Autobiography; Salter, James - Prose & Criticism; Military - Korean War; Biography & Autobiography; Literary; Biography/Autobiography; Korean War, 1950-1953; Military - Aviation; Biography & Autobiography / Military; Aerial operations; Salter, James; Air pilots, Military; Anecdotes
First sentence: By the summer of 1942, America had been at war with Japan and Germany for more than half a year.
Description: "A singular life often circles around a singular moment, an occasion when one's life in the world is defined forever and the emotional vocabulary is set. For James Salter, that moment was found in the skies over Korea." "A riveting combination of fiction, journals, and memoir, Gods of Tin is Salter's own story. Gathering selections from The Hunters, Cassada, and Burning the Days, it also includes, published here for the first time, selections from a journal Salter kept during the war."--BOOK JACKET.