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Jul 08, 2009 | ISBN 9780143105916 Buy
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Apr 05, 2016 | 276 Minutes Buy
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Jul 08, 2009 | ISBN 9780143105916
Jul 08, 2009 | ISBN 9781101138861
Apr 05, 2016 | ISBN 9780698406346
276 Minutes
A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report from one of America’s great twentieth-century writersA Penguin ClassicOn the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork The Grapes of Wrath and at the height of the American war effort John Steinbeck, one of the most prolific and influential literary figures of his generation, wrote Bombs Away, a nonfiction account of his experiences with U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews during World War II. Now, for the first time since its original publication in 1942, Penguin Classics presents this exclusive edition of Steinbeck’s introduction to the then-nascent U.S. Army Air Force and its bomber crew–the essential core unit behind American air power that Steinbeck described as “the greatest team in the world.”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.
John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, in 1902, grew up in a fertile agricultural valley, about 25 miles from the Pacific Coast. Both the valley and the coast would serve as settings for some of his best fiction. In 1919… More about John Steinbeck
By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
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