Book Overview
"After being dragged out of jail and placed on parole by Comrade Trotsky..." is the opening sentence in this book of memorable memoirs. It begins with a flashback to 1920 in Russia, where Bandy was sent to fight the Bolsheviks, but after his peace-time adventures in New York our hero returns in 1923 to his home in Gallop, Ontario. "Good Lord -- you're not the Bandy, are you?" is what he encounters at the Ministry of Defence in Ottawa when he tries...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0385182287
ISBN13:9780385182287
Release Date:January 1983
Publisher:Doubleday Canada
Length:398 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
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3 ratings
Continuing a great series....
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Donald Jack has written some of the funnies scenes I have ever read. Bandy's last flight in his Vimy is a classic. The series is 5 stars all the way (until the last two books). If you like humor and/or great historical fiction (they aren't often found together!), you will love these books.
The Bandy Papers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
These books are well written and absolutely hilarious. Why are such great books always out of print? If you come across any of the Bandy Papers in a 2nd hand bookshop, do not hesitate irrespective of price or condition.
A humorous accounting of the first pilot in WW1
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
With no airports at the time, and planes flying where a sight to see with very few out there. The reaction of people seeing one landing in their feilds and the pilot asking if they had any fuel or help in getting directions and turning the plane around keeps you laughing. Not to mention his dareing antics preformed by accident
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