Every Inch a Soldier: Augustine Warner Robins and the Building of U.S. Airpower (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)
by Head, William Pace
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0890965900
- ISBN 13
- 9780890965900
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About This Item
Texas A&M University Press, 1995-06-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Hardcover, 1995 Stated First Edition Texas A & M University Press 289 pages. Near Fine in a VG+ DJ. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to dark gray cloth boards with gilt titles on black background-corners sharp. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to unclipped DJ, front panel of DJ is sunned at the edges-now in mylar. ( See Photo) General Warner Robins helped to form the Air Force as it is today. As a West Point cadet (1903-1907), Augustine Warner Robins numbered among his classmates and friends Hap Arnold and Frank Andrews. As a young officer, he fought under Black Jack Pershing in Mexico and met a young George Patton and Ben Foulois. His professional life developed along with the air service during that brave and daring era between the two World Wars. As a senior officer, he worked with such luminaries of the day as Charles A. Lindbergh, Jimmy Doolittle, Lester Maitland, Orville Wright, and Billy Mitchell. ISBN-0890965900. LOC SSS-01
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- Eyebrowse Books - MWABA (US)
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- Title
- Every Inch a Soldier: Augustine Warner Robins and the Building of U.S. Airpower (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)
- Author
- Head, William Pace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0890965900
- ISBN 13
- 9780890965900
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Place of Publication
- College Station
- Date Published
- 1995-06-01
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