Log Book: A Pilot's Life

Redolent with the glamour and romance of aviation's pioneering days, this swashbuckling narrative chronicles Crocker Snow's life as a pilot/entrepreneur from the early 1920s through his World War II military service. The immediacy and pungency of the text come from its origins in Snow's contemporary records of each flight (hence the title). The book's appeal stems from the author's no-bull personality and infectious love of flying. Tracing aviation's development from barnstorming to bombing (with a glance forward to routine commercial flights), Snow provides a history lesson firmly rooted in personal experience.