Mezze: Little Bits of Flying, Living and Golfing Tapa blanda - 1999

Melbourne: Ryan Publishing. 1999. Very Good condition. Illustrated with black and white photographs and several maps. 374 pages. Oliver Green was a distinguished WW2 RAF fighter pilot, a POW, a commander of British airforce bases, Britain's representative to NATO, and a passionate golfer. The last lead him to build two famous golf courses at Woburn Abbey. This is a social, military and sporting history recounted by an old world English officer and gentleman with a keen eye for detail and a wry humour who balances life's grim realities with a joyous appreciation of the foibles of human nature. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

Ryan Publishing, Melbourne, 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 374 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Ryan Publishing, Melbourne, 1999. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Oliver Green has lead an extraordinary life and witnessed many of the tumultuous events that have shaped the 20th century. This autobiography, written as he approached his 79th birthday, looks back on a distinguished career with the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot in WWII, a prisoner of war for nearly four years after being shot down in North Africa, commanding strategic air bases around the world and serving as Britain's military representative to NATO. He first flew in an aircraft made from wood and fabric and broke the sound barrier in a sub-sonic Hawker Hunter.… Leer más