A memoir by a WWI fighter pilot, with the adventurous spirit of War Horse and the charm of The Little Prince A singular, lyrical book, Sagittarius Rising is at once an exuberant memoir from the Lost Generation and a riveting tale of the early days of flight during World War I. Cecil Lewis lied his way into the British Army's Royal Flying Corps at age sixteen and was ordered to a squadron on the Western Front only a year later. At the time, flying was so new that designers hadn't even decided on basic mechanics such ...
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A memoir by a WWI fighter pilot, with the adventurous spirit of War Horse and the charm of The Little Prince A singular, lyrical book, Sagittarius Rising is at once an exuberant memoir from the Lost Generation and a riveting tale of the early days of flight during World War I. Cecil Lewis lied his way into the British Army's Royal Flying Corps at age sixteen and was ordered to a squadron on the Western Front only a year later. At the time, flying was so new that designers hadn't even decided on basic mechanics such as how many wings a plane should have. Despite this, Lewis mastered virtually every kind of single-engine plane in the RFC, going on to excel in active duty and even to dogfight the Red Baron--and live to tell the tale. Full of infectious charm and written with the prose and pacing of a novel, Sagittarius Rising beautifully recounts Lewis's harrowing exploits in the sky alongside his wild times of partying and chasing girls while on leave in London. His coming-of-age story is unlike any other WWI memoir you've read before. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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This book is written so beautifully, it took my breath away. The description of flying at night for the first time for example, describes the thoughts of danger only after starting down the runway - can they return? How will they see the runway in the dark? The author gives you the feeling of being young, determined to learn, and so observant of his surroundings that you feel as if you are witnessing the same events right along with him. Very hard to find this book - and if you love flying or aviation, or even history - this book is a jewel to your collection.
dreameagle
Sep 15, 2008
thrice upon a dawn so clear;
this is a scintillating, priceless first person account of what we are only now hearing some truth about--The War To End All Wars that very nearly did end Europe and began the ascendency to the world stage for Amerika;
the only possible flaws that could be found are that the author wrote it perhaps ten summers removed from it (which only tells how painful it was even then) and the obvious gaps in the timeframe of the narrative which can only be attributed to the Official Secrets Act, which had to consider a great deal of what was left out Most Secret;
the only narrative to match it is that of the French commander of the Lafayette Escadrille;
this is the kind of book you would want the first edition of, the kind of book that makes the internet obsolete, the kind you would only hear at the knee of your grandfather if you were smart enough to sit there as a child;
