High Adventure

Name: High Adventure
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: James Norman Hall
ISBN: 9780989765589

Author: James Norman Hall

Narrator: Andre Devin

Unabridged: 4 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listen2Read

Published: 10/17/2013

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Transportation, Aviation, History, Wars, World War I

Synopsis

War in the Sky for the first time in history! The first military Air Force, the French Lafayette Escadrille, accepts Americans to train and serve as pilots prior to America's entyr into World War One. James Norman Hall, on of these young men, describes his frightening experiences flying over enemy lines, and his soul searching when commanded to kill. He recounts his training in a French flight school on wooden bi-planes, his warm friebndships with other trainees and a crash landing in German territory. After this periof in his life, Hall eventually settled in Tahiti, married, raised a family and became reacquainted with an old friend and writer, Charles Nordhoff. Together they wrote the famous novel "Mutiny on the Bounty" and other books, many of which became major motion pictures. The listen2Read American Adventure Library is a series of historic true first person accounts of extraordinary adventures by Americans or by visitors to America. The entire series can be previewed at Listen2Read.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jack on March 07, 2018

Good narratives about the author's own experiences in Lafayette Escadrille. Hall was commissioned as a captain in US Army Air Service in 1918 and commanded No. 94 Squadron. His aircraft malfunctioned in May, 1918 and crash-landed behind the German line. He ended the war as a POW and with 3 or 4 confi......more

Goodreads review by Terry on January 13, 2022

A brief and interesting glimpse at the life of a World War I pilot's experience. The book is more like a diary crossed with a travel narrative. The style of writing is adequate for the material. The book was cut short due to the pilot being captured. I would recommend this book to anyone interested......more

Goodreads review by Susan on September 18, 2021

Very interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Alex on March 25, 2023

The narrative is tedious but the war scenes are only a small part of it. This LibriVox reader has a voice too low to be clear, and his pronunciations of French words are ridiculous.......more

Goodreads review by Timothy on January 28, 2015

Of the three air ace books listened to in the last few months, I find this one the most interesting. Hall, an American, served in a French squadron, so he had better equipment than his countrymen (who, as Richenbacker in the previous book complains, were given neither modern machines or parachutes).......more