Mitchell
Pioneer of Air Power
Levine, Isaac Don
revised 1958 edition
A Biography of General Billy Mitchell
Foreword by Lt. Gen. Dean C. Strother, USAF
This is the definitive biography of a legendary figure in the history of America and of the world, General Billy Mitchell. The life of Billy Mitchell epitomizes the story of the development of air power, and the author presents this life against the background of an age that was revolutionized by the rise of the flying machine.
No more colorful figure has ever appeared on the American scene. Like Teddy Roosevelt, Billy Mitchell was the scion of a dynastic family, grandson of an empire builder, son of a United States Senator. At eighteen, he enlisted in the Spanish-American War. From that moment on his story belongs to the annals of bis age.
Mr. Levine has had access to the private files of General Mitchell, to the archives of the Mitchell family, and has also had the co-operation of many of Mitchell's closest friends and associates. The result is a fact-filled chronicle, with astonishing anecdotes, exceptional personal material, unknown pages of aviation lore, a story that brings to light striking facts and dramatic personalities. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas MacArthur, Fiorello LaGuardia, General Arnold, and scores of others appear in new or little-known roles. Mitchell himself cuts a heroic national figure, the indomitable crusader, the pioneer as well as the prophet of air power.
Hardcover with dust jacket
420 Seiten / pages
photos
good condition
New York - 1958 - Duell, Sloan and Pearce
Art.Nr. 22504
