The Few: The American ""Knights of the Air"" Who Risked Everything to Save Britain in the Summer of 1940

Alex Kershaw

ISBN 10: 0306815729 / ISBN 13: 9780306815720

Published by Da Capo Press, U S. A., 2006

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305pp including bibliography, reader's guide, and index Photographs In the summer of 1940, eight young men defied their country's neutrality laws and crossed the Atlantic to join Britain's Royal Air Force.

Seller Inventory # 91380

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Few: The American ""Knights of the Air"" Who Risked Everything to Save Britain in the Summer of 1940
• Publisher: Da Capo Press, U S. A.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306815729
• ISBN 13: 9780306815720
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography
  • History
  • Military History

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Synopsis

From the author of national bestsellers The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter comes "a rousing tale of little-known heroes" (Booklist).




The Few tells the dramatic and unforgettable story of eight young Americans who joined Britain's Royal Air Force, defying their country's neutrality laws and risking their U.S. citizenship to fight side-by-side with England's finest pilots in the summer of 1940-over a year before America entered the war. Flying the lethal and elegant Spitfire, they became "knights of the air" and with minimal training but plenty of guts, they dueled the skilled and fearsome pilots of Germany's Luftwaffe. By October 1940, they had helped England win the greatest air battle in the history of aviation. Winston Churchill once said of all those who fought in the Battle of Britain, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." These daring Americans were the few among the "few." Now, with the narrative drive and human drama that made The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter national bestsellers, Alex Kershaw tells their story for the first time.

About the Author

Alex Kershaw is the author of the widely acclaimed bestsellers The Bedford Boys, The Longest Winter, The Few, and Escape from the Deep, among others. He lives in Massachusetts.