The making of Billy Bishop
the First World War exploits of Billy Bishop, VC
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Word Count
58,000 words, Guess
Page Count
232 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3627808M
- ISBN-10155002390X
- OCLC Control Number50694970
- OCLC Control Numbermakingofbillybis0000gree
- Library of Congress Control Number2002416864
and 2 more
- LibraryThing2822579
- Goodreads3492070
Classifications
- DDC940.4/4/092
- LCCD602 .G69 2002
Description
"It's a war story that is told every time the career of Billy Bishop is discussed: on June 2, 1917, the young pilot single-handedly took out a German airfield in an early morning raid at the height of the Great War. For this, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, and a place in Canadian history.". "And yet, the attack never happened. In this new biography, Brereton Greenhous exposes the myth of Billy Bishop. While his bravery never comes into question (Bishop was as courageous as any of the men who risked their lives in those early warplanes) his credibility as a story-teller does. From exaggerations and half-truths to flat-out lies, stories of Bishop's legendary exploits contain as much fiction as they do fact."--BOOK JACKET.
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