Ernest K. Gann Libri
Ernest K. Gann trasse ispirazione dai suoi estesi viaggi e avventure, sia come aviatore che come navigatore. Queste esperienze hanno plasmato la sua produzione letteraria, che esplora frequentemente temi di coraggio, destino e spirito umano di fronte agli elementi. Il suo stile di scrittura è caratterizzato da narrazioni avvincenti e descrizioni dettagliate di scene aeree e marittime, che immergono il lettore nell'azione. Gann ha magistralmente intrecciato le sue esperienze personali con storie di finzione, creando opere avvincenti che celebrano lo spirito avventuroso.
"This book is an episodic log of some of the more memorable of (the author's) nearly 10,000 hours aloft in peace and 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.
Song of the Sirens is Ernest K. Gann's story of the ships he has sailed and owned; of his years as master of a commercial fishing vessel, of ocean crossings and of storms and emergencies encountered at sea. schovat popis
When cocaine claims the life of his eldest son, Montana cattle rancher Lee Rogers runs for Congress and wages an all-out war on drugs, but at the height of his campaign, he mysteriously disappears
Set against the harsh backdrop of northern Canada during World War II, the story follows the crew of the Corsair, an Army Air Transport Command plane that makes an emergency landing due to severe icing. As they face extreme cold and isolation, the pilot Dooley becomes their leader in the struggle for survival. A rescue operation is initiated, highlighting themes of bravery and camaraderie in dire circumstances. The novel's gripping narrative also inspired a 1953 film featuring John Wayne.
The Antagonists
- 286pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Blaze of Noon
- 263pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
The four MacDonald brothers were born to fly. Right after World War I they took to stunt flying at county fairs, barnstorming their way around the U.S.A., selling joy rides and confounding the populace with an assortment of highly skilled aerobatics in the unlikely aircraft of the time. They graduated to a steadier way of making a living, but the dangers were just as acute - if not more so. For now they had a contract to deliver he mails, and this had to be done on time, in all kinds of weather, under all kinds of conditions. But neither the conditions nor the tragedies they inevitably suffered would stop them.
