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Gods of Tin: The Flying Years
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Gods of Tin: The Flying Years Hardcover - 2004

by James Salter; Jessica Benton (Editor); William Benton (Editor)


Summary

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 set. For the extraordinary writer James Salter, this moment was contained in the fighter planes over Korea where, during his young manhood, he flew more than one hundred missions. James Salter is considered one of America's greatest prose stylists. The Arm of Flesh (later revised and retitled Cassada) and his first novel, The Hunters, are legendary in military circles for their descriptions of flying and aerial combat. A former Air Force pilot who flew F-86 fighters in Korea, Salter writes with matchless insight about the terror and exhilaration of the pilot's life.

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By the summer of 1942, America had been at war with Japan and Germany for more than half a year.

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  • Title Gods of Tin: The Flying Years
  • Author James Salter; Jessica Benton (Editor); William Benton (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Counterpoint LLC, Washington, D.C.
  • Date August 30, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781593760069 / 159376006X
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 7 x 5.5 x 0.73 in (17.78 x 13.97 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Air pilots, Military - United States, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Aerial operations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004011664
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

James Salter was a novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and essayist. Born in 1925, Salter grew up in New York City and was a career officer and Air Force pilot until his mid-thirties, when the success of his first novel The Hunters led to a fulltime writing career. Salter's potent, lyrical prose has earned him acclaim from critics, readers, and fellow novelists. He was the recipient of a PEN/Faulkner Award and the PEN/Malamud Award, among others. His novel A Sport and a Pastime was hailed by the New York Times as "nearly perfect as any American fiction." His other books include Cassada and Light Years. He died on June 19, 2015, at ninety years old.
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