Aviation Lore in Faulkner.
William Faulkner was an aviation cadet in Canada in the closing days of WW I. He later owned his own airplane, and even put on a few air shows. When he wrote of flying, as he often did, it was with a great deal of expertise but little concern for the edification of his readers. The result is that ma...
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1985
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Table of Contents:
- AVIATIONLORE IN FAULKNER; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; FOREWORD; PREFACE; Table of contents; AN INTRODUCTION TO FLIGHT; 1. ELEMENTARY AERODYNAMICS; 2. FUNCTION OF THE CONTROLS; 3. BASIC FLIGHT MANOEUVRES; 4. AEROBATIC MANOEUVRES; 5. AIRFRAMES; 6. ENGINES; FAULKNER'S FLYING CAREER: A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; THE FIRST WAR; A NOTE ON THE BRITISH AND GERMAN AIR SERVICES DURING THE FIRSTWORLD WAR; 1. THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS/ROYAL AIR FORCE; 2. DEUTSCHELUFTSTREITKRÄFTE; A NOTE ON THE SOPWITH CAMEL.
- "LANDING IN LUCK," William Faulkner: Early Prose and Poetry (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1962, 42-50).A GREEN BOUGH (New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1933).; XVIII; SOLDIERS' PAY (New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926).; "THRIFT," Uncollected Stories (New York: Random House, 1973, 382-398).; "AD ASTRA, "CollectedStories (New York: Random House, n.d., 407-429).; "ALL THE DEAD PILOTS," Collected Stories (New York: Random House, n.d., 511-531).; "TURNABOUT," Collected Stories (New York: Random House, n.d., 475-509).; "THE LEG," Collected Stories (New York: Random House, n.d., 824-842).
- "WITH CAUTION AND DISPATCH," Uncollected Stories (New York: Random House,1973, 642-664).A FABLE (New York: Random House, 1954).; THE LOST GENERATION; BARNSTORMERS AND AIR RACERS; "HONOR, "CollectedStories (New York: Random House, n.d., 551-564).; "DEATH DRAG," Collected Stories (New York: Random House, n.d., 185-205).; PYLON(New York: Random House, 1935).; "DOCTOR MARTINO," Collected Stories (New York: Random House, n.d., 565-585).; "UNCLE WILLY, "CollectedStories (New York: Random House, n.d., 225-247).; THE SECOND WAR.
- "KNIGHT'S GAMBIT," Knight's Gambit (New York: Random House, 1949, 135-246)."SHALL NOT PERISH," Collected Stories (New York: Random House, n.d., 101-115).; THE MANSION (New York: Random House, 1959).; SECONDARY SOURCES CITED.
