The Beginning of Air Mail (The H. Bedford-Jones Library)
The Beginning of Air Mail (The H. Bedford-Jones Library)
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The Beginning of Air Mail (The H. Bedford-Jones Library)

“Before your time. Back in 1870—the first air mail.”

During the Siege of Paris in 1870, at the height of the Franco-Prussian War, a group of airmen battled Prussian forces in war-torn France. Led by Giraud: everyone in the service knew Giraud, the Early Bird, the best test pilot going. Born a Frenchman, Giraud was one of the Grand Old Men of the air: an Early Bird, a magnificent training and test pilot. He had positively forgotten more about the air than the rest knew.

The Beginning of Air Mail is a previously-unreprinted historical saga from the pen of “the King of the Pulps,” H. Bedford-Jones, who authored 25 million words of fiction over his career.

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During the Siege of Paris in 1870, at the height of the Franco-Prussian War, a group of airmen battled Prussian forces in war-torn France. Led by Giraud: everyone in the service knew Giraud, the Early Bird, the best test pilot going. Born a Frenchman, Giraud was one of the Grand Old Men of the air: an Early Bird, a magnificent training and test pilot. He had positively forgotten more about the air than the rest knew. The Beginning of Air Mail is a previously-unreprinted historical saga from the pen of “the King of the Pulps,” H. Bedford-Jones, who authored 25 million words of fiction over his career.

As a bonus, an additional novelette of the balloon forces of the American Civil War is included.

The Beginning of Air Mail (The H. Bedford-Jones Library) contains the following stories:

  • “The Invisible Passenger”
  • “Eyes Filled With Laughter”
  • “Number One Crash”
  • “Fortunes of War”
  • “Test Pilot Number One”
  • “The Shadow Is White”
Dimensions

6" x 9"

Pages

149

Publication Date

November 24, 2018

Author

H. Bedford-Jones

Publisher

Altus Press

Series

The H. Bedford-Jones Library