Gann, Ernest Kellogg,

Fate is the hunter Ernest K. Gann. - New York : Simon and Schuster, 1986, (1961). - xviii, 390 pages ; 24 cm Paperbound book.

Prologue: The Tip of the Arrow: An Undesired Rendezvous in the Night -- The Innocents: And of the Facts of Aerial Life -- A Novitiate: Tangled and Stumbling in the Robes of His Order -- Humility Learned: In Which a Master is Tolerant -- A Captain: At Work -- The Seasoning: Where the Mind is Honed and Sweat Is Found to Mix with Ice -- Of Numbers: And Their Power to Reduce the Presumptuous Quickly -- Gypsies: Doubtful of Station and Intentions -- Rule Books Are Paper: They Will Not Cushion a Sudden Meeting of Stone and Metal -- Valhalla: The Tortuous Route Thereto -- A Lonely, Unloved Ship: Finding Hazard the More Bitter When Matched with Trifles -- The Numbers: In a Wicked, Vengeful Mood -- Cold: Exhausting, Unrelenting, Murderous Cold -- Heat: In Most Men There Lurks a Lesser Man, and His Presence Smells in the Sun -- Fortune: Where is the Man Who Survives Without... -- A Hole: So Small, But of Exquisite Design -- A Pretender: How one Fine Man is Ill-Used By Fate and Another Dares Deceive It -- A Certain Embarrassment: ... The Urge to Shift Blame Becomes Even Uglier When the Accused Has Left the Feast -- Tragedy and Escape: There is a Degree of Mercy Beyond Which Any Man is Rude to Inquire.

A biography detailing the experiences of the American novelist, including his time as an air pilot in World War II.

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Gann, Ernest Kellogg, 1910-1991.


1900 - 1999


Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
Air pilots--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.



PS3513.A56 / Z465 1986

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