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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- "The Greatest Game in the World"; Chapter 2 -- A Pilot at the Front; Chapter 3 -- Tricks of the Trade; Chapter 4 -- Flight of Fancy; Chapter 5 -- Flying High; Chapter 6 -- A Statistical Interlude; Chapter 7 -- "I Have Never Been So Furious in My Life"; Epilogue; Appendix -- Bishop's Citations for British Decorations; Endnotes; Publisher's Afterword; Index. |
| Summary |
It's a war story that is told every time the career of Billy Bishop is discussed: On June 2, 1917, the young pilot single-handedly took out a German airfield in an early morning raid at the height of the Great War. For this, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, and a place in Canadian history. And yet, the attack never happened. In this explosive new biography, Brereton Greehous exposes the myth of Billy Bishop. While his bravery never comes into question (Bishop was as courageous as any of the men who risked their lives in those early warplanes) his credibility as a storyteller does. From exagger. |
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| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956.
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Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956. |
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Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps -- Biography.
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Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps. |
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Biographies.
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Bishop, William A. (William Avery), 1894-1956. |
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Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps -- History. |
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Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956. |
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Grande-Bretagne. Royal Flying Corps -- Biographies. |
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World War (1914-1918) |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, British.
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Fighter pilots -- Canada -- Biography.
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Fighter pilots. |
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Canada. |
| Chronological Term |
1914-1918 |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Greenhous, Brereton, 1929- Making of Billy Bishop. Toronto, Ont. : Dundurn Press, 2002 (DLC) 2002416864 |
| ISBN |
155002390X |
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9781550023909 |
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1417595639 (electronic book) |
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9781417595631 (electronic book) |
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9781770701175 |
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1770701176 |
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1282809393 |
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9781282809390 |
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