Lee Heide

Broschiertes Buch

Diamond Rage

Beschreibung

The novel is set in Yellowknife in 1995, and the diamond fields to the north. Exploration is a fever pitch. It features an airline pilot who finds a rich diamond lode and then runs into trouble with the International Keamond cartel.

Autor

Raised in Vancouver, Lee Heide joined the RCAF in 1941 and trained as a navigator. Sent overseas, he was trained on Beaufort torpedo bombers. With a crew, he survived a year of the blitz on Malta and then converted to Beaufighters. He was twice posted as 'Missing in Action'. Shot down the first time, he and his pilot spent five days in a dinghy and washed ashore on Elba, which was German occupied. Evading capture, they got a small boat and saled to Corsica. After a short rest on Cyprus, Lee returned to operations and was again shot down. he nad his pilot force-landed in Turkey where they were interned. He was awarded a DFC for his exploits

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Trafford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9781425105730
• ISBN-10: 1425105734
• Artikelnr.: 23120046