THEN GILDED DUST

by John Shirley Hurst ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 12, 1943

Story of one of the American commercial fliers who flew for China before the American army fliers took over. The scene shifts from Shanghai to the Burma Road; hospitals, air fields, dog fights in the air, bombed cities and towns and traveled roads, and through it all the love of Alan for Christine, a love broken repeatedly by his outward seeming hard-boiled attitude towards his job as a money-making proposition -- and her deep-rooted devotion to the cause of China. At the close, it takes her death -- and the birth of their baby -- to drive home to him the fact that it was his cause, too. Not a tremendously important book, but good reading and authentic in feel. Should have more than just a rental library market, and public libraries that can take the fact of their being lovers can use it.

Pub Date: March 12, 1943

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1943

Categories: FICTION