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Gentleman of Adventure (Charnwood Library)3 reviews
Ernest K. Gann

Ulverscroft Large Print, 1985

Excellent book on friendships made for a lifetime!
This book is recommended especially for any reader with an interest in aviation, but may also have appeal to those who love stories of friendships made for life. Following the characters through their adventures, joy and sorrow will move any reader and touch them perhaps like no other book has. It is a shame that more of this authors books are not readily available and being published ... 		  
  







  
  
Black Watch: The Men Who Fly America's Secret Spy Planes1 review
Ernest K. Gann

Random House, 1989

Enjoyable & Interesting Book
If you are into US Air Force equipment and history then this will be a very interesting and fun book for you. The book covers both the aircraft that have been used over the past 35 years to gather intelligence and the missions the crews undertake. The book focuses on the jet age and really spends its time the aircraft that were in use when the book was published, the U2 and the SR 71. The ... 		  
  







  
  
Song of the Sirens10 reviews
Ernest K. Gann

Sheridan House, 2007

When The Sirens Sing
Ernest Gann has written a memoir of what happens when you hear the Sirens singing and follow them. I loved this book as the sea-going counterpart to his marvelous memoir of flight, Fate Is the Hunter; there's the same wrily witty, compassionate observations on the vicissitudes of the sea and those who sail upon it, particularly himself, the same amused humility in the face of the perversities and ... 		  
  







  
  
Fate is the Hunter94 reviews
Ernest K. Gann

Simon & Schuster, 1986

Read through in few sittings - -
This is one of those books that has a sneak ending - best appreciated by reading through at a steady rate (which only makes sense once the climax of the book is revealed). The stories, anecdotes and tales seem almost trite and mundane - but build to the showdown, for me a life lesson. Flying is revealed for the joy it is, for its wonder, the thrill of a good landing when one has fought the good ... 		  
  







  
  
Soldier of Fortune1 review
Ernest K. Gann

Amereon Ltd, 1989

A Good Read
One of Ernest K. Gann's many classics. The story takes place in Hong Kong in the 1950's. A woman goes searching for her husband who has been captured by the chinese communists. She procures the help of a mysterious American with shadowy connections to help get him back. A finely crafted novel with many interesting characters, but also very believable, with a splendid ending. They don't ... 		  
  







  
  
Island in the sky1 review
Ernest K. Gann

Viking Press, 1944

Alas, So Incomplete
Good, hard suspenseful writing, peopled by pilots we recognize from "Fate is the Hunter." Therein, however, lies the problem. This is the novelized story of Captain Owen "Chuck" O'Connor, those with him when he made an emergency landing in a C 87 in the far north, and those who searched for and found him. But where "Island's" Dooley has himself and three crew to worry about, O'Connor had a ... 		  
  







  
  
The Aviator1 review
Ernest K. Gann

Ballantine Books, 1985

"The saddest words of tongue or pen, are these:..."
It is 1928. With questionable judgement, the parents of an eleven year old girl are letting her fly to see her grandfather - in a mailplane, in the mail bin, with no seat, no belts, no chute - rather than take the train. For reasons best known to themselves, the pilot and flight ops manager decide to go along with this, though they're aware that her route is the riskiest of their line. ... 		  
  







  
  
A Hostage to Fortune6 reviews
Ernest K. Gann

Random House Inc (T), 1978

a hostage to fortune
this is, with out a doubt, one of the best non-fiction adventure books ever written. Gann takes the reader with him through his turbulent life. From movie maker to actor to aviator to seaman to author. his life was a constant adventure and he seemed to never age (at 69 he flew the U-2 spy plane, along with several other high-preformance military aircraft). his style is eloquent and keeps the ... 		  
  







  
  
ERNEST K. GANN'S FLYING CIRCUS (Bantam Air & Space Series, No. 20)4 reviews
Ernest K. Gann

Bantam, 1992

Classic Gann style writing
Ernie Gann's love of aviation burns brightly in this review of classic aircraft. His inimitable style puts you into the action, sweating one minute, and laughing hysterically the next. The final chapter of this book, On the Beak of an Ancient Pelican, is an excellent glimpse into Ernie's writing style. Anyone who loves flying will love Gann's works. 		  
  







  
  
In The Company of Eagles7 reviews
Ernest K. Gann

Simon & Schuster, 1966

it soars
Superb prose in a gritty and vast WWI landscape. This is worth having, and reading over and over. This author has used some interesting ways of telling this story, and not just in the blood rivalry between the French ace Sgt. Chamay and his personal enemy, German Lt. Kupper. Look for some interesting subplots: the adventures of the ham from Kempinsky's, the comic (and sometimes dangerous) mishaps ... 		  
  







  
  
The High and the Mighty7 reviews
Ernest K. Gann

William Morrow & Co, 1953

Unique aircraft memorabilia; dated passenger plot
If you flew in passenger aircraft during the piston era of the '40-50s and love airplanes, you must read this book. Readers learn what it was like to navigate by the stars, deal with cantankerous radial engines, set throttle, propeller and mixture controls while a paradoid passenger tries to vent his frustration on his wife's former boyfriend. Flying portions are gripping as co-pilot and lead ... 		  
  







  




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