| Title:
Bridge
Across The Sky by Richard Collier |
|
Description:
In
this book the author tells of the Berlin airlift during
1948. Following WWII Germany had been split into four
zones with Berlin being in the Russian Zone. Berlin was
also divided into four zones. The Russians wanting to
take control of the city decided to stop overland transport
into the city hoping that it would be starved into submission.
This book tells of the pilots, generals and their soviet
counterparts and the Berliners who all tell their story,
which was one of the first confrontations in the Cold
War.
|
| Author:
The author
was born in London and went to school in Croydon. He has
worked as a correspondent in the Far East and was editor
of the Town and Country magazine. He has written over fifteen
books, which include The Sands of Dunkirk and Duce! |
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published: First
published 1978. |
Edition:
This
edition1978. |
| Jacket
Condition: Good
condition with a dust jacket, which is also in good, condition
and protected with plastic cover. |
| Book
Condition:
Reasonable good condition with 239 pages, 8 of which contain
photographs with several others having illustrations. This
is an ex-library copy and has the usual library wear. |
| Publisher:
Macmillan London Ltd, London. |
| ISBN:
: 0-333-17802-5. |
| Size
& Weight: 23.7
cm x 15.7 cm (H x W). 2.7 cm thick. |
