The Resource The unsubstantial air : American fliers in the First World War, Samuel Hynes, (electronic resource e-audio)
The unsubstantial air : American fliers in the First World War, Samuel Hynes, (electronic resource e-audio)
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The item The unsubstantial air : American fliers in the First World War, Samuel Hynes, (electronic resource e-audio) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vaughan Public Libraries.
- Summary
- The Unsubstantial Air is the gripping story of the Americans who fought and died in the aerial battles of World War I. Much more than a traditional military history, it is an account of the excitement of becoming a pilot and flying in combat over the Western Front, told through the voices of the aviators themselves.A World War II pilot himself, the memoirist and critic Samuel Hynes revives the adventurous young men who inspired his own generation to take to the sky. The volunteer fliers were often privileged-the sorts of college athletes and Ivy League students who might appear in an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Hynes follows them from the flying clubs of Harvard, Princeton, and Yale to training grounds in Europe and on to the front, where they learned how to fight a war in the air.By drawing on letters sent home, diaries kept, and memoirs published in the years that followed, Hynes brings to life the emotions, anxieties, and triumphs of the young pilots. They gasp in wonder at the world seen from a plane, struggle to keep their hands from freezing in open air cockpits, party with actresses and aristocrats, rest at Voltaire's castle, and search for their friends' bodies on the battlefield. Their romantic war becomes more than that-a harsh but often thrilling reality
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 21 min.))
- Label
- The unsubstantial air : American fliers in the First World War
- Title
- The unsubstantial air
- Title remainder
- American fliers in the First World War
- Statement of responsibility
- Samuel Hynes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Unsubstantial Air is the gripping story of the Americans who fought and died in the aerial battles of World War I. Much more than a traditional military history, it is an account of the excitement of becoming a pilot and flying in combat over the Western Front, told through the voices of the aviators themselves.A World War II pilot himself, the memoirist and critic Samuel Hynes revives the adventurous young men who inspired his own generation to take to the sky. The volunteer fliers were often privileged-the sorts of college athletes and Ivy League students who might appear in an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. Hynes follows them from the flying clubs of Harvard, Princeton, and Yale to training grounds in Europe and on to the front, where they learned how to fight a war in the air.By drawing on letters sent home, diaries kept, and memoirs published in the years that followed, Hynes brings to life the emotions, anxieties, and triumphs of the young pilots. They gasp in wonder at the world seen from a plane, struggle to keep their hands from freezing in open air cockpits, party with actresses and aristocrats, rest at Voltaire's castle, and search for their friends' bodies on the battlefield. Their romantic war becomes more than that-a harsh but often thrilling reality
- Accompanying matter
- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1924-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hynes, Samuel
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- Literary text for sound recordings
- other
- PerformerNote
- Read by Sean Runnette
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- Runnette, Sean
- hoopla digital
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1914-1918
- Fighter pilots
- Fighter pilots
- World War, 1914-1918
- Target audience
- adult
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The unsubstantial air : American fliers in the First World War, Samuel Hynes, (electronic resource e-audio)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
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- rdacarrier
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- Content category
- spoken word
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- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
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- not applicable
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- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 21 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
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- rdamedia
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital.
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- 11248974
- Publisher number
- MWT11248974
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- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
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- other
- remote
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- other
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- (MWT)MWT11248974
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- Label
- The unsubstantial air : American fliers in the First World War, Samuel Hynes, (electronic resource e-audio)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 21 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
-
- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 11248974
- Publisher number
- MWT11248974
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- System control number
- (MWT)MWT11248974
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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