The long flight home
(Book)
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Published
New York, NY : John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books, 2019.
ISBN
9781496721679, 1496721675
Status
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Fiction.
England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Homing pigeons -- War use -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Nineteen forties -- Fiction.
Romance fiction.
War fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England.
England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Homing pigeons -- War use -- Great Britain -- Fiction.
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Nineteen forties -- Fiction.
Romance fiction.
War fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- England.
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Published
New York, NY : John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books, 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781496721679, 1496721675
Notes
Description
It is September 1940--a year into the war--and as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Enemy fighter planes blacken the sky around the Epping Forest home of Susan Shepherd and her grandfather, Bertie. After losing her parents to influenza as a child, Susan found comfort in raising homing pigeons with Bertie. All her birds are extraordinary to Susan--loyal, intelligent, beautiful--but none more so than Duchess. Hatched from an egg that Susan incubated in a bowl under her grandfathers desk lamp, Duchess shares a special bond with Susan and an unusual curiosity about the human world. Thousands of miles away in Buxton, Maine, a young crop-duster pilot named Ollie Evans has decided to travel to Britain to join the Royal Air Force. His quest brings him to Epping and to the National Pigeon Service, where Susan is involved in a new, covert assignment. Codenamed Source Columba, the mission aims to air-drop hundreds of homing pigeons in German-occupied France. Many will not survive. Those that do make the journey home to England can convey crucial information on German troop movements--and help reclaim the skies from the Luftwaffe. The friendship between Ollie and Susan deepens as the mission date draws near. When Ollie's plane is downed behind enemy lines, both know how remote the chances of reunion must be. Yet Duchess's devotion and her singular sense of duty will become an unexpected lifeline, relaying messages between Susan and Ollie as war rages on--and proving, at last, that hope is never truly lost.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hlad, A. (2019). The long flight home (First Kensington hardcover edition.). John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hlad, Alan. 2019. The Long Flight Home. John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hlad, Alan. The Long Flight Home John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hlad, Alan. The Long Flight Home First Kensington hardcover edition., John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books, 2019.
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