Samuel Hynes served as a consultant on "The War"; directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick; and appears on camera in several episodes."The War" is a seven-part; 14-hour documentary series that debuts on PBS on Sunday; September 23; 2007.Sam Hynes was eighteen when he left his Minnesota home for navy flight school in 1943. By the time the war ended he was a veteran Marine pilot; still not quite twenty-one; and had flown more than a hundred missions in the Pacific theater. In this eloquent narrative; by turns dramatic; funny; and elegiac; Hynes recalls those extraordinary years during which he came of age. he makes real the places—the training fields and the liberty towns and the Pacific islands; and the people—the other young pilots; the girls and the young wives; even the enemy pilots. He remembers friendship; and the excitement and tedium of war; the high exhilaration of flying; and the dying. More than a tale of combat; Flight of Passage is a story of one boy's growth to manhood in the turbulent; testing world of war in the air.
#993184 in Books 2002-12-31 2002-12-31Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.00 x 1.10 x 5.25l; #File Name: 0142001031432 pages
Review
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Fascinating bookBy Nancy ShinnoFascinating. I had never heard of the Grimke family and was amazed to find out about white and black members who were outstanding advocates of abolition; feminism and civil rights. They were also founding members of the NAACP. They were involved with so many famous people.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Jean ThomasEnlightening0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Trap5532Great book.
