Bomber County: The Lost Airmen of World War Two - Softcover

Swift, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141036990 ISBN 13: 9780141036991

Publisher: Penguin, 2011

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0141036990
• ISBN 13: 9780141036991
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 271