{"product_id":"the-drums-of-war-an-autobiography-by-tc-corbett-1917-1924-9781958363720","title":"The Drums of War: An Autobiography by T.C. Corbett, 1917-1924","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Drums of War\u003c\/em\u003e is a deeply personal and intimate account of a young man's flight training in 1918-where he learned about discipline, fear, courage, adversity, and depression-and his difficult return to civilian life and eventual hope for a brighter future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCy Corbett relished the excitement and adrenalin rush of early flight. During training, he experienced sixteen forced landings and one serious crash, but considered himself lucky: several fellow cadets were killed or seriously maimed. And through this, he learned that his \"Irish Melancholy\"-his depression-seemed to vanish while he was in flight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with his contemporaneous journal entries as a student debating the merits of his country going to war alongside an old enemy-Britain. The author then joined the most perilous of services, the Army Air Corps. After earning his wings, and finally en route to his scheduled deployment overseas, Cy found himself in a train car waking to shouts and celebrating in the streets. The Armistice had been declared. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReturning home to a mundane civilian life was filled with confusion, disarray, romantic disappointment, the death of his mother, and finally, near the end, a ray of hope for the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first volume of a serialized autobiography written by former pilot and newspaperman Cy Corbett. The story is told through flight journals, diaries, and remembrances written fifty years after the fact. Cy's observations progress from a matter-of-fact record of events to deeper reflections of how the army changed his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. C. Corbett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mission Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781958363720","brand":"Mission Point Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40835321954419,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1b6ad54e-dda8-4fad-9e88-0adf97f8272f.jpg?v=1685024079","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-drums-of-war-an-autobiography-by-tc-corbett-1917-1924-9781958363720","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}