Search Results: Authors starting with N from Yankeeflier

The Wind Is Ninety: A Play in Three Acts by Captain Ralph Nelson, published by the Dramatic Publishing Company in 1946. This play was performed on Broadway in New York in 1945, starred Wendell Corey and a young unknown actor by the name of Kirk Douglas. Moving dramatization of how a family reacts to the death of their pilot son in World War II. Nelson later became a movie director, directed Lilies of the Field. Paperback in good/very good condition; some light chipping on edges, back surface. No interior markings or flaws.

John J. Niles, Singing Soldiers, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1927. With illustrations by Margaret Thorniley Williamson. John Jacob Niles' wonderful account of his adventures flying around France in 1918 when he was in the US Air Service in WWI. He paid more attention to writing down song lyrics provided by African-American soldiers working in France than he did to his military flying duties. But that's okay; the result (this book) is really special. This copy has the bookplate of Janice Cleary, of Omaha, Nebraska. Cleary collected American folk music and specialized in the music of American ragtime, including African-American music. Hardback book in good condition; light general wear. Dust jacket in good- condition; wear and chips on edges and corners. Dust jacket in protective Mylar cover.

Blue cloth hardcover in good condition. Very little wear. Small dent in edge, rear board. Clean and tight.