About this title: Buck, the embodiment of commercial aviation in America, recounts his thrilling life in flight in this exhilarating volume, hailed as "absolutely brilliant" by the former director of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. 0743219643 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Price-clipped, light bumps and shelf wear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: Good in very good dust jacket. Clean undamaged boards with clean crisp DJ. One page has been torn and repaired with tape. Small black marker line on closed bottom pagess. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 446 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: Fine in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 446 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: New. 0743262301 New from the publisher-has remainder mark. Ships within 1 business day. Your 100% satisfaction is our guarantee! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2002-04-02
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VG/VG. Very Good Hardcover book with Very Good Dust Jacket. Binding tight and straight. Pages clean and unmarked. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 9 1/2 h x 5 1/2w. A real nice clean, unmarked 446 page first edition Simon & Shuster hardcover with full number sequence with "1" present. Picture showing is a scan of our book. Has a nice picture section in center. It is rare to find one person whose life embodies the history of an industry the way Bob Buck's life encompasses the history of commercial aviation in America. Buck first flew in the 1920s, inspired by the exploits of Charles Lindbergh. A terrific storyteller ... read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: Fine in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book has no marks or creases. DJ has large tear on back cover and tear has been repaired with tape. 446 pages. Shipping will be $5.00. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: New in new dust jacket. First Edition, First Print. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 446 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: 0743219643. ILLUSTRATOR: From Photographs PUBLISHER: NY, Simon & Schuster 2002, 1st edition, 1st printing DESCRIPTION: Book is a 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" hard cover book with blue boards, 446 pages CONDITION: Book is very good, the only defect is glue residue on the paste downs because of someone pasting down the dust jacket flaps DUST JACKET: Dust jacket is very good, paste residue on the flap folds ABOUT THIS BOOK: "An Absolutely brilliant book by an aviation pioneer! Bob Buck's beeautiful writing ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: Hardback. First Printing. Black Pen Remainder Slash to the Bottom Edge of the Book, Otherwise Fine In Fine Dustjacket. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. As New Copy. ISBN 0-7432-1964-3. Copy two. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: Hardback. First Printing. Black Pen Remainder Slash to the Bottom Edge of the Book, Otherwise Fine In Fine Dustjacket. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. As New Copy. ISBN 0-7432-1964-3. Copy three. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Book is clean and looks unused. There is shelf-wear to the dust jacket, not much, but not much. read more
Binding: book Softcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780743262309ISBN:0743262301
Description: Brand New. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 446 pages. 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 in. 18.4 oz. A delightful memoir follows the life of a legendary pilot, author, and member of the National Advisory for Aeronautics, who in 1930, at the age of sixteen, flew solo from coast to coast, breaking the junior transcontinental speed record, and traces his illustrious career, from his World War II experiences to his stint as a co-pilot for TWA. Illuminates not just the history of ... read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York, NY
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: 36 B/W Photos. Fine/Near Fine. W/Dust Jacket 446pgs(Index) DJ slightly nicked head of spine, nicked at one fore-edge corner tip, o.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates. Etc. Price unclipped. ISBN 0743219643. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2002-04-02
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: Like New. Clean, Unmarked Copy, Has Black Remainder Mark, Along bottom Edge of Pages, Tight Square Binding, Slight Edge Wear on Dust Cover, Priority Shipping recommended for prompt delivery by USPS when offered, Delivery Confirmation on all domestic items where available. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780743219648ISBN:0743219643
Description: New in n jacket. Brand New Hardcover with dust jacket, clean, tight, unmarked, Hardcover with dust jacket, Very Good, clean, tight, unmarked, All orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. read more
"The flying life of Bob Buck. Thi sis the man that inspired Charles Lindburgh. Buck's life was really exciting and he crossed paths with some of the most famous and infamous characters of the early 1900's. This is a must read memoir."
"Buck has lead a fascinating life in the air, and on that merit alone I give this book the three stars. The amount of aviation history of you learn about by reading his story is amazing.
Unfortunately the content only barely sustains the horrid writing. It suffers from the same bland and cliched writing that anyone who regularly reads aviation magazines is all too familiar with. I'm talking about things like not understanding which details are relevant to a story and which aren't, so the author just throws them all in because, I assume the logic goes, those propellerheads will eat up anything even tangentially related to flying. He also follows the same secret formula that indicates exactly how many adjectives and adverbs need to be in a sentence to convey the appropriate emotion (no doubt with thesaurus at the ready to provide all those fancy words). Unfortunately the effect is, as always, the exact opposite: all sense of emotion is drained by the awkwardly composed prose and forced feel to the writing voice.
If you can make yourself wade through the horrible style, you'll be rewarded with potentially magical stories like what it was like to navigate the old airliners by the stars, but you'll have to provide the magical aspect yourself because Buck tells it like it wasn't...drawn out and boring."
"Bob Buck was a huge part of America's aviation history. As a 15-year-old he taught himself to fly gliders (by building one), then set land/speed records at 16 and 17 that still stand. He was hired by TWA as a pilot at 18, rose to head pilot, and became one of the foremost weather experts -- all self-taught. This is not a "hey, aren't I great" book, the Bob's view of sharing his adventures. His writing is witty, and full of the joy of flying. He is a great storyteller. An absolute must-read."
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