Hump Drivers - Hardcover

La Vove, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1786123797 ISBN 13: 9781786123794

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Countless men served in World War II. In combat, on the seas, in administrative offices, and in the skies. Hump Drivers is a vivid and engrossing account in words and images of one man's experience as a "Hump Driver," a pilot who transported people and goods across the terrain between Assam, India, and China. With skillful, highly-detailed drawings and honest, relatable and often witty descriptions, the tales of the war are shared in such a way that even a lay person will be left with a deep appreciation and respect for those who served in the armed forces. Arthur La Vove presents an unforgettable collection of portraits which depict how profoundly the war could change a man. With the poor-quality food, insanitary and uncomfortable facilities, harsh and dangerous weather, malfunctioning communications and equipment, and governmental political games of expectations, it is only too easy to see and feel for the men who endured the hardships in such a foreign place as the Hump.

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About the Author:

Arthur La Vove was a writer, artist, journalist and pilot who lived and workedduring a pivotal time in American aviation and military history. He was bornon Manhattan Island in New York City, USA, on December 6, 1909.He flew his first airplane from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New Yorkin 1929. He then went on to fly as a pilot for the first trans-continental airlinein American history-Century Airways-and, subsequently, for United Airlinesin the late 1930s, while enlisting in the Air National Guard prior to the attackby Imperial Japan on Pearl Harbor and America's entry into World War II inDecember 1941.He attended Columbia University's School of Journalism in New York, andhe was a working police and aviation reporter for both the Herald Examinerand the L.A. Times in Southern California through the 1930s and 40s and upuntil the mid-1970s. He was an active commercial pilot during the 1930s and40s, and he witnessed and experienced the beginnings of modern commercialairlines and commercial aircraft manufacturing, particularly on the West Coastin Southern California.He knew the founders of Pan American Airways, and of MexicanaAirlines-a subsidiary of Pan American. He flew airplanes for William RandolphHearst and his family to and from San Simeon, and he knew Howard Hughes.Finally, and no less interestingly, Art La Vove drove in the last MexicanRoad Race in 1953 through Baja, California, and he was involved with the expeditionto excavate Pre-Columbian artefacts in and around Mexico City, Mexicoduring the 1930s; most likely piloting an airplane which transported artefactsand personnel.He died in May of 1994 in Santa Monica, California. He lived an active andfull life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1786123797
• ISBN 13: 9781786123794
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 188