An edition of The High and the Mighty (1953)

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An edition of The High and the Mighty (1953)

The High and the Mighty

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A new novel sustains the skywriting of Benjamin Lawless and Island in the Sky in down-to-earth terms as a commercial flight from Honolulu to San Francisco, its passengers and crew, provide some recognizable figures and readymade situations which converge at a common denominator in the toss-up between life and death. There's Sullivan, the pilot, whose experience in the air brings with it only a cumulative fear; Dan Roman, who 'didn't know when to quit' and at 53 is too old for a young profession; Leonard Wilby, the navigator, in love with the wife who will probably ruin him; the Bucks- newlyweds, and the Rices- whose marriage had been spoiled by her money; Humphrey Agnew, obsessively jealous of Kenneth Childs, whose worldly success is matched by his easy ways with women; Korean Miss Chen- who will study at Columbia, and Frank Briscoe, who will soon die of cancer; etc. etc. And as an engine catches fire and a propeller is lost, the passengers are alerted to the ditching ahead, and private quarrels ease off before the larger question mark of survival. On the flight deck, it is Roman who makes the decision to take a chance on reaching the airport- rather than ditching into a nasty sea- and it is his calm and his seasoned judgment which brings the ship in safely.... An old story, for which there are not too many lines-but the processing is sure and smooth.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
342

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Cover of: High and the Mighty
High and the Mighty
June 1983, Buccaneer Books
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The high and the mighty
The high and the mighty
1979, New English Library
in English
Cover of: The High and the Mighty
The High and the Mighty
December 3, 1978, Pocket
Paperback in English
Cover of: High And The Mighty
High And The Mighty
August 1, 1977, Pocket
Paperback in English
Cover of: High and Mighty
High and Mighty
June 1972, Xerox Educational Pubns
Paperback in English
Cover of: The high and the mighty.
The high and the mighty.
1972, New English Library
in English
Cover of: The high and the mighty.
The high and the mighty.
1972, Hodder and Stoughton
in English
Cover of: The high and the mighty.
The high and the mighty.
1953, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: The high and the mighty
The high and the mighty
1953, George J. McLeod
in English
Cover of: The High and the Mighty
The High and the Mighty
1953, William Morrow & Co.
Hardback in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ3.G1535 Hi, PS3513.A56 Hi

The Physical Object

Format
Hardback
Pagination
342 p.
Number of pages
342
Dimensions
8.5 x 6 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6132766M
Internet Archive
highmighty00gann
ISBN 10
068801786X
ISBN 13
9780688017866
LCCN
53005252
Library Thing
225072

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