Historical Biography - United States - 20th Century, World War II - War Narratives, World War II - Personal Narratives, Pilots - Biography, U.S. Authors - 20th Century - Literary Biography, World War II Narratives, Aviation - Biography
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Overview
"This book is an episodic log of some of the more memorable of the author's nearly ten thousand hours aloft in peace and (as a member of the Air Transport Command) in war. It is also an attempt to define by example his belief in the phenomenon of luck--that 'the pattern of anyone's fate is only partly contrived by the individual.'" (The New Yorker)"This fascinating, well-told autobiography is a complete refutation of the comfortable cliche that 'man is master of his fate.' As far as pilots are concerned, fate (or death) is a hunter who is constantly in pursuit of them...there is nothing depressing about FATE IS THE HUNTER. There is tension and suspense in it but there is great humor too. Happily, Gann never gets too technical for the layman to understand." (Saturday Review)
This book takes the reader inside the shielded sanctum of an airplane's cockpit.
Book Details
Published
July 12, 1970
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780345216731