The making of Billy Bishop : the First World War exploits of Billy Bishop, VC /
It's a war story that is told every time the career of Billy Bishop is discussed: On June 2, 1917, the young pilot single-handedly took out a German airfield in an early morning raid at the height of the Great War. For this, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, and a place in Canadian history. An...
| Основен автор: | Greenhous, Brereton, 1929- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Toronto, Ont. :
Dundurn Press,
2002.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=121090 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Making of Billy Bishop. |
| Резюме: |
It's a war story that is told every time the career of Billy Bishop is discussed: On June 2, 1917, the young pilot single-handedly took out a German airfield in an early morning raid at the height of the Great War. For this, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, and a place in Canadian history. And yet, the attack never happened. In this explosive new biography, Brereton Greehous exposes the myth of Billy Bishop. While his bravery never comes into question (Bishop was as courageous as any of the men who risked their lives in those early warplanes) his credibility as a storyteller does. From exagger. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource. |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index. |
| ISBN: |
155002390X 9781550023909 1417595639 9781417595631 9781770701175 1770701176 1282809393 9781282809390 |