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Tailwinds: Adventures of a Young Aviator : Adventures of a Young Aviator
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"Rusty Martin is born to an aviation family and grows up in Casselberry, Florida, in the 1930s. He is an entrepreneur and a self-starter who loves to fly. Rusty is 12 at the outbreak of WW-II. Flying takes the young man to many fascinating events of the time. You will discover: * Many significant events in 1939 through 1943. * The stories behind the stories. * What aviation was like in the 30s & 40s. * How young people can start and prosper in a business. * An inspirational story that could have happened. This is a work of historical fiction and it is a new type of fiction: it is illustrated. Most of the places, events, and people are real. Much of the dialogue is presumed. The main character is fictionala "but he could be real. This book describes an interesting time and celebrates the people who lived it. Fascinating, inspirational, educational, and a great read. You will love following Rusty's adventures. This ebook is a multimedia presentation. Employing maps, photographs, videos, audios, and written references, this enhanced ebook tells a story in a way that a print book cannot. Read this novel on a device connected to the Internet to take full advantage of this enhanced ebook's capabilities. Readers may find some of the incidents described difficult to believe. The references testify to the ebook's factual accuracy. Most of the photographs and videos in this book are in black and white. That is because they are circa 1940. I have done my best to be faithful to historya "to show and describe events and places as they were."--
  • "Rusty Martin is born to an aviation family and grows up in Casselberry, Florida, in the 1930s. He is an entrepreneur and a self-starter who loves to fly. Rusty is 12 at the outbreak of WW-II. Flying takes the young man to many fascinating events of the time. You will discover: * Many significant events in 1939 through 1943. * The stories behind the stories. * What aviation was like in the 30s & 40s. * How young people can start and prosper in a business. * An inspirational story that could have happened. This is a work of historical fiction and it is a new type of fiction: it is illustrated. Most of the places, events, and people are real. Much of the dialogue is presumed. The main character is fictionala "but he could be real. This book describes an interesting time and celebrates the people who lived it. Fascinating, inspirational, educational, and a great read. You will love following Rusty's adventures. This ebook is a multimedia presentation. Employing maps, photographs, videos, audios, and written references, this enhanced ebook tells a story in a way that a print book cannot. Read this novel on a device connected to the Internet to take full advantage of this enhanced ebook's capabilities. Readers may find some of the incidents described difficult to believe. The references testify to the ebook's factual accuracy. Most of the photographs and videos in this book are in black and white. That is because they are circa 1940. I have done my best to be faithful to historya "to show and describe events and places as they were."--
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APA Citation (style guide)

Poynter, D. (2012). Tailwinds: Adventures of a Young Aviator: Adventures of a Young Aviator.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Poynter, Dan. 2012. Tailwinds: Adventures of a Young Aviator: Adventures of a Young Aviator. .

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Poynter, Dan, Tailwinds: Adventures of a Young Aviator: Adventures of a Young Aviator. , 2012.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Poynter, Dan. Tailwinds: Adventures of a Young Aviator: Adventures of a Young Aviator. 2012.

Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2010. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published.
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