Solo: My Adventures in the Air - Hardcover

Edgerton, Clyde

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 156512426X ISBN 13: 9781565124264

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 2005

Synopsis

When Clyde Edgerton was four years old, his mother took him to the local airport to see the planes. For Edgerton, it was love at first sight. Eighteen years later, she would take him to the same airport to catch a flight to Texas for Air Force pilot training. In Solo, Edgerton tells the story of his lifelong love affair with flying, from his childlike wonder to his job as a fighter pilot flying reconnaissance over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Now, nearly thirty-five years after the war in Vietnam, he looks back at his youthful passion for flying, at the joy he took in mastering it, at the exhilaration—and lingering anguish—of combat flying. It is a story told with empathy and humor—and with searing honesty that will resonate with every pilot who remembers the first takeoff, the first landing, the first solo. For the nonpilots who always choose the window seat, it’s a thrilling story to live vicariously.

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Review:

" [A] spare, heartfelt celebration of the flying life." -- "The New York Times"

" I reveled in this true story of an Air Force pilot's love affair with the skies. . . . With vivid recollections, Edgerton gives a candid account of his passion for flight, displaying his trademark humor." -- "Southern Living"

" Edgerton is either the best living novelist to fly planes or the best living pilot to write novels. . . . [He] gives readers an intensely rewarding aerial view of war, passion, and 400-mph adventure." -- "Men' s Journal"

"Edgerton is either the best living novelist to fly planes or the best living pilot to write novels. . . . [He] gives readers an intensely rewarding aerial view of war, passion, and 400-mph adventure."--"Men's Journal"

"I reveled in this true story of an Air Force pilot's love affair with the skies. . . . With vivid recollections, Edgerton gives a candid account of his passion for flight, displaying his trademark humor."--"Southern Living"

[A] spare, heartfelt celebration of the flying life. The New York Times"

"[A] spare, heartfelt celebration of the flying life." -- The New York Times

About the Author:

Clyde Edgerton is the author of eight novels, five of which have been New York Times Notables. He is a professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and performs with his band, Rank Strangers. Author Web site--www.clydeedgerton.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 156512426X
• ISBN 13: 9781565124264
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 276