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100	1		_aFlood, Charles Bracelen, _eauthor. _982901
245	1	0	_aFirst to fly : _bthe story of the Lafayette Escadrille, the American heroes who flew for France in World War I / _cCharles Bracelen Flood.
246	3	0	_aStory of the Lafayette Escadrille, the American heroes who flew for France in World War I
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bAtlantic Monthly Press, _c[2015]
264		4	_c©2015
300			_axvii, 266 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aTwo deaths trigger thirty-seven million more -- By God I know mighty well what I would do! -- How the new thing grew -- Aspects of the great new dimension -- What manner men? -- Contrasts -- The odds are never good : Clyde Balsley -- he oddsmaker is impersonal : Victor Chapman -- Women at war : Alice Weeks -- More American eagles take to the sky -- There was this man named Bert Hall -- New commanders for a new form of combat -- Shadows of war in the "City of Light" -- Things are different up there, and then on the ground -- Bert Hall as thinker, bartender, and raconteur -- Bad things happen to good new men -- Convenient emergencies -- Unique volunteers -- The war changes men and women, some for better, and some for worse -- Colorful men arrive on the Eastern Front -- A letter from home, to a young man with a secret -- The United States enters the war -- A lion in the air passes the torch, and the Escadrille bids its own lions farewell -- Yvonne! -- Good-bye, Luf. And thank you -- Different American wings in French skies -- the end of a long four years -- L'envoi = Farewell.
520			_aTells the story of the daredevil Americans of the Lafayette Escadrille, who flew in French planes, wore French uniforms, and showed the world an American brand of heroism before the United States entered the Great War.
610	1	0	_aFrance. _bArmée. _bEscadrille Lafayette. _9282667
650		0	_aAir pilots, Military _zFrance _vBiography. _9282668
650		0	_aAir pilots, Military _zUnited States _vBiography. _961183
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xRegimental histories _zFrance. _9282669
942			_cBOOK _014
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