Wil S. Hylton
Auteur de Vanished: The Sixty-Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II
A propos de l'auteur
Wil S. Hylton is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine. His award - winning stories have appeared in many national magazines, including Harper's, Esquire, GQ, and Rolling Stone. He lives in Baltimore.
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- Nom canonique
- Hylton, Wil S.
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Études
- Baltimore City College High School
- Professions
- journalist
- Organisations
- Esquire
GQ
Johns Hopkins University - Prix et distinctions
- John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Journalism (2004)
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Vanished : The Sixty Year Search for the Missing Men… par Wil S. Hylton
I read this as my reading the world book for Palau. I'm not much interested in military history but this was a human story and Wil S Hylton managed to keep my interest throughout. He mixes up general information about the war in the Pacific, much of which, living in Europe, I was very ignorant of and the personal stories of the airmen and thier families. This made it a very readable and fascinating account.
Well, although it kept my interest, it didn't turn out like I thought it would. I was hoping for some "grand revelation" about how the missing guys survived the plane crash and ended up in some secret government mission, etc. That, of course, is not anywhere near what the book is about. It's very similar to [b:Hunting Warbirds: The Obsessive Quest for the Lost Aircraft of World War II|1036230|Hunting Warbirds The Obsessive Quest for the Lost Aircraft of World War II|Carl Hoffman|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1320430817s/1036230.jpg|1022568] in that there's a guy who becomes obsessed with finding a WWII aircraft crash. Where the Hoffman book recalls in agonizing detail how men attempt to get a B-29 to fly again, this Hylton book flips back and forth between the most recent decade and 1944, and illustrates the details that lead up to the _finding_ of a B-24. Along the way, some mysteries are uncovered that the reader never has the satisfaction of finding out the answers to. Fairly quick read, but nothing special here.… (plus d'informations)
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.This book was a fantastic read, highly recommended for anyone interested in World War 2 and the search for lost wrecks. Very interesting to learn the background on the search and wreck.
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- Popularité
- #89,547
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 34
- ISBN
- 7
