The Vaulted Sky

P Moffa R P Moffa

ISBN 10: 1440152535 / ISBN 13: 9781440152535

Published by Author Solutions Inc Sep 2009, 2009

About this Item

Neuware - The 'flying business' seizes Patrick Montalto at an early age. A young, Italian-American from New York, his earliest memories of a fragile biplane avoiding a disastrous end on a summer's day in the country provide the single-minded impetus to an improbable journey.It starts when his father and a friend chip in for a harmless airplane ride from a small grass airstrip in the Westchester hills. It is a coming of age journey as Patrick learns to fly on that field during a Depression that doesn't allow for many dreams. As the Second World War engulfs Europe, it takes Patrick to a barely clandestine British operation to recruit American flyers, where he has to choose between one dream of the sky and another of a college education.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Vaulted Sky
• Publisher: Author Solutions Inc Sep 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1440152535
• ISBN 13: 9781440152535
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 36D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 36 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1039 grams

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Synopsis

The "flying business" seizes Patrick Montalto at an early age. A young, Italian-American from New York, his earliest memories of a fragile biplane avoiding a disastrous end on a summer's day in the country provide the single-minded impetus to an improbable journey.

It starts when his father and a friend chip in for a harmless airplane ride from a small grass airstrip in the Westchester hills. It is a coming of age journey as Patrick learns to fly on that field during a Depression that doesn't allow for many dreams. As the Second World War engulfs Europe, it takes Patrick to a barely clandestine British operation to recruit American flyers, where he has to choose between one dream of the sky and another of a college education.

About the Author

R.P. Moffa is an author and historian living in Westerville, Ohio. A private pilot and Air Force Veteran with a special interest in World War II, his characters and stories are inspired by the real men and women he has known, his research, and his own experience.