Starr Smith
Auteur de Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot
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Starr Smith is an international journalist, author, photographer, and one of America's premier travel writers. He has traveled in more than one hundred countries, and his byline has appeared from six continents. He has reported for NBC Radio, the Birmingham News, Magnolia Gazette, Mobile Register, afficher plus and for the past twelve years his widely acclaimed travel column has been published by the Montgomery Advertiser. Smith has been honored by the Southeast Tourism Society as Travel Writer of the Year. He holds two journalism degrees from the University of Alabama, Smith was born on the Natchez Trace at Kosciusko, Mississippi, and now lives in Montgomery, Alabama afficher moins
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Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot par Starr Smith
Well done book that focuses on Stewart's military service. This is a book assembled by a journalist and focuses on his love for aviation--mostly about his WWII service. Summarizes the military life of a quiet patriot. The book contains a few, quite a few, quote from others that occupy multiple pages as well as quotes from Stewart's old friends and flying buddies. Pretty well written and I enjoyed it.
Here is a man that not only did well as an actor but he was also a good man. A characteristic sadly lacking among many have to deal with heavy doses of fame. And he didn't brag about his service either. Good book and my hats off to the man it is about.
Well done book that focuses on Stewart's military service. There is a good deal of information about planes which was not of interest but the book still provided the fan of Stewart the actor with new information. Stewart served admirably and seemed to be an officer who was respected but well-liked by his men.
The Stewart we meet in this book is much like the Stewart we saw on the Silver Screen. Apparently well liked by his men and highly thought of by the Army Air force leadership, Stewart moved up the chain of command because of his quiet and efficient methods. At the end of the War, he served as the President of a court martial of two airmen who had accidentally bombed Zurich, Switzerland, a job that had major diplomatic implications. According to this book, he did an admirable job. The book is full of anecdotes from friends and men who served with him.… (plus d'informations)
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- Œuvres
- 3
- Membres
- 241
- Popularité
- #94,248
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 8