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Based on his own experiences as a fighter pilot in the korean war, it is a classic of wartime fiction. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the hunters. Born in new jersey but raised in new york city, james salter graduated. Buy james salter ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Buy the hunters slightly abridged ed by james salter isbn. My first book was published without any editorial advice. James salter has 49 books on goodreads with 86750 ratings. From west point to hollywood, james salter could always recognize a hero james.
Salter grew up in new york city and was a career officer and air force pilot until his midthirties, when the success of his first novel the hunters, 1957 led to a fulltime writing career. Salter was a previous air force pilot and officer, but even still i was surprised to find the hunters so genuine and free of unrealistic banter. The hunters by salter abebooks shop for books, art. The novel was the basis for the 1958 film adaptation of the novel starring robert mitchum and robert wagner with a different storyline. The hunters is a book about men in the 1950s in difficult situations and therefore might not appeal to women. James salter authored numerous books, including the novels all that is, solo faces, light years, a sport and a pastime, the arm of flesh revised as cassada, and the hunters. James salter 19252015 was a novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Buy the hunters book online at low prices in india the. They have the faces of hunters, unemotional and wise. But not many can deny that salter writes with a precision seldom seen in contemporary literature. The hunters is james salters debut novel and a tale of usaf fighter pilots during the korean. Originally published in 1956, the hunters was james salter s first novel.
In todays piece, geoff dyer looks at salter s first novel, the hunters. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse. A novel by james salter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. James salter download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Buy the hunters penguin modern classics by james salter from amazons. On this memorial day, elizabeth farnsworth talks with james salter, author of the hunters, a novel about fighter pilots in korea. Beautiful and haunting, a sport and a pastime is one of the first great american novels to speak frankly.
James arnold horowitz june 10, 1925 june 19, 2015, better known as james salter, his pen name and lateradopted legal name, was an american novelist and shortstory writer. James salter s prose is tight, not a word wasted, often poetic and incandescent. E ight years ago, the writer james salter received a telephone call out of the blue from an admirer. The hunters edvhg rq klv hshulhqfh dv d ajkwhu slorw 7kh vxffhvv ri wklv. James salter s most popular book is dont save anything. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A sport and a pastime ebook by james salter 9781453243817. Publication date 1997 topics korean war, 19501953 fiction publisher counterpoint. A novel by salter, james and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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There are multiple format available for you to choose pdf, epub, doc. The resulting work cassada combines the untamed vision of a young military pilot with the clarity and power of a masterful writer. Originally a career officer and pilot in the united states air force, he resigned from the military in 1957 following the successful publication of his first novel, the hunters. The writers authority breaths life into every sentence and the authenticity of his story is irrefutable. Salter, at left, in korea in 1952, with other members of the 335th fighter squadron, the inspiration for his first novel, the hunters.
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