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Format:
Book
Title:
Burning the days : recollection
ISBN:
9780375500152
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Random House, ©1997.
Physical Description:
x, 365 pages ; 25 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Pronaos -- You must -- Icarus -- The captain's wife -- A single daring act -- Burning the days -- Forgotten kings -- Europa -- Ukiyo -- Diners en ville.
Summary:
These memoirs of writer James Salter span fifty years, covering his childhood in Manhattan, graduation from West Point, service as an Air Force pilot in the Korean War, and career as a writer.
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