J. Douglas Harvey (1922–1998)
Autor/a de Boys, Bombs and Brussels Sprouts (Goodread Biographies)
Sobre l'autor
Obres de J. Douglas Harvey
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Harvey, John Douglas
- Data de naixement
- 1922
- Data de defunció
- 1998
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Canada
- Lloc de naixement
- Swansea, Ontario, Canada
- Llocs de residència
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Organitzacions
- Royal Canadian Air Force
Membres
Ressenyes
The tumbling mirth : remembering the Air Force de J. Douglas Harvey
This is a humourous collection of anecdotes of life in the Royal Canadian Air Force from its inception to unification in 1967. He follows the same format of collecting stories from fellow veterans that he used in his previous book, Boys, Bombs, and Brussels Sprouts.
In this autobiography, Harvey tells us what it was like to serve as a Canadian bomber pilot in England during WW II. It is full of funny & racy anecdotes including one that involves his making love on top of a barrage balloon while it is floating hundreds of feet in the air. He also describes what it was like to sit alone in the dark in a noisy aircraft for hour after hour while waiting for the moment a German night fighter would suddenly appear out of the dark or the flack peppered you plane with shrapnel. However, it is the humour that stays with you. Harvey has also written two collections of other flyers memories entitled The Tumbling Mirth and Laughtered Silver Wings.… (més)
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 3
- Membres
- 74
- Popularitat
- #238,154
- Valoració
- 4.7
- Ressenyes
- 2
- ISBN
- 9