Bomber Country

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Swift was born in 1977. His essays, profiles and reviews have appeared in the Financial Times magazine, the New York Times Book Review and the Daily Telegraph , and he teaches in the Department of English Literature at Skidmore College in upstate New York. This is his first book. Klappentext One night in June 1943 James Swift! along with the Lancaster bomber he piloted! vanished. This title seeks to discover what happened! and tries to understand the men who took part in these dangerous raids! as well as their devastating impact on the civilians below. Zusammenfassung One night in June 1943 James Swift, along with the Lancaster bomber he piloted, vanished. In Bomber County , his grandson Daniel seeks to discover what happened. At the same time he tries to understand the men who took part in these dangerous raids, as well as their devastating impact on the civilians below. In examining the life of one pilot, Daniel Swift also investigates why it is we have tried to forget what was then a new, shocking form of warfare, and why literature and poetry exploring these terrible losses have not found the recognition they deserve.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Swift, Swift Daniel
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9780141036991
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103699-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 199 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POETRY / General, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, POETRY / European / General, Air forces & warfare, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Literary studies: poetry and poets, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space