NOTHING BY CHANCE

by Richard Bach ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 15, 1969

Mr. Bach was up up and away in his beautiful 1929 Wright Whirlwind, a gypsy pilot barn-storming the hinterland during the summer he records. This is a bird's eye view of rural America as Mr. Bach bounces from hill to hayfield in search of $3.00 paying customers. Originally there are three of them, Paul with his equally archaic biplane and nineteen-year-old Stu, their parachuter. The author is a romantic journalist, even when describing several crashes; it's a pleasant ode to summer sunsets and oatmeal cookies and small town waitresses and country boys and honey clover and the freedom of the air and the enthralled passengers. A lingering look at an (almost) lost way of life revived, revitalized. Mr. Bach's two previous books were selected by the ALA as outstanding books for young adults, a probable audience here.

Pub Date: April 15, 1969

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Morrow

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1969

Categories: NONFICTION