Bombs away : the story of a bomber team : written for the U.S. Army Air Forces

**A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report from one of America?s great twentieth-century writers**On the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork __The Grapes of Wrath__?and at the height of the American war effort?John Steinbeck, one of the most prolific and influential literary figures of his generation, wrote __Bombs Away__, a nonfiction account of his experiences with U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews during World War II. Now, for the first time since its original publication in 1942, Penguin Classics presents this exclusive edition of Steinbeck?s introduction to the then-nascent U.S. Army Air Force and its bomber crew?the essential core unit behind American air power that Steinbeck described as ?the greatest team in the world.? A magnificent volume of short novels and an essential World War II report from one of America?s great twentieth-century writers On the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork The Grapes of Wrath ?and at the height of the American war effort?John Steinbeck, one of the most prolific and influential literary figures of his generation, wrote Bombs Away , a nonfiction account of his experiences with U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews during World War II. Now, for the first time since its original publication in 1942, Penguin Classics presents this exclusive edition of Steinbeck?s introduction to the then-nascent U.S. Army Air Force and its bomber crew?the essential core unit behind American air power that Steinbeck described as ?the greatest team in the world.? On the heels of the enormous success of his masterwork The Grapes of Wrath and at the height of the American war effort John Steinbeck, one of the most prolific and influential literary figures of his generation, wrote Bombs Away, a nonfiction account of his experiences with U.S. Army Air Force bomber crews during World War II. America had been fighting in World War II for a few months when the U.S. Army Air Forces asked Steinbeck to aid the war effort by writing a report to help recruit airmen. The result of this curious liaison was first published in 1942. Much more than typical army recruiting propaganda, Stenibeck produced a classic chronicle documenting the real life a bomber crew, an account as vivid and exciting as the best of his fiction