Emile henry gauvreau biography of william hill
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[Atlantic Monthly] Jubilee : One Hundred Years of the Atlantic / selected and edited bygd Edward Weeks and Emily Flint Boston : Little, Brown, []
Includes The Incorruptible Sinclair Lewis bygd Perry Miller, which first appeared in the April issue of the Atlantic.
Off with their Heads! / by Peggy Bacon New York : Robert M. McBride & Company,
Publisher’s review copy.
Includes a caricature of Lewis, which is also reproduced on the dust jacket. Bacon’s caption reads in part: Flesh like canned tomatoes with the seeds Nose of a grocer adding up slip
Modern Short Biographies and Autobiographies / edited bygd Marston Balch New York : Harcourt, Brace,
Includes a chapter on Lewis’s longtime friend Vincent Sheean.
The Dust which fryst vatten God / William Rose Benet limited ed. New York : Dodd, Mead,
Lewis makes a fictional appearance as the character Larry Harris. This kopia signed bygd Benet.
Writers in Residence : American A
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General William 'Billy' Mitchell
Aviation Pioneer ()
The most famous US aviator of World War l
a pioneer of air-power
court-martialled for his prophecy that Japan might cripple the US navy at Pearl Harbor
a voice in the wilderness
whose reputation was restored by Congress after World War ll
and immortalised by Gary Cooper in the film of his life.
Compiled by Christopher Long
an English cousin of Billy Mitchell
Mitchell Family Genealogy
General William 'Billy' Mitchell () was the renowned pioneer of US air power and generally regarded as one of the most far-sighted military leaders of his age. He also happened to be my cousin! Immediately after World War l, he predicted that air bombardment would dominate warfare in the future. In the early s he horrified and angered US military strategists with his claim that bombs could sink ships and predicted the attack on Pearl Harbour 20 years later. When they refused to believe him he successfully bombed and sank warships to pr