The Fledglings by Howard E. Adkins from Books In Motion.com

Howard E. Adkins

ISBN 10: 1605484814 ISBN 13: 9781605484815

Publisher: Books In Motion, 2009

The Fledglings examines the maturation of three young men in the crucible of the terrifying and bloody World War 1 Of course, their loss of innocence is not unique to war alone, but such an arena accelerates the process and is a much harsher compass. The time period is one of revolutionary change throughout the world, but nowhere is the transformation in the early Twentieth Century more pronounced than in warfare killing has become a highly refined process and now even moved into the air. In the telling of the story, there is a great deal of aerial combat, many details of the techniques employed and specifies about the planes of that era.

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About the Author:

Howard E. Adkins, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, is a retired Ophthalmologist who lives in Boise, Idaho with his wife, Nettie. A fourth generation Idahoan, most of his writing has had either a western or an historical theme. A time period of particular interest to him has been the early Twentieth Century.

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