New Naval Title @ Village Bookstore
<h4 class="bookreview default-color" id="m5416"> <strong>Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush by Geoff Dyer</strong></h4> <div class="book-review"> <div class="clear"> Author Geoff Dyer spent a couple of intense weeks on a massive metal "floating island." It's a riveting excursion into bigness and "endless walkways, hatches, and doorways."<br /> <br /> He describes the Bush's flight deck as a "world apart from the rest of the carrier." . He tells us about two brothers serving on board in different sections who didn't set eyes on each other for six months. That's big--"big as small towns." Population: 5,000. And the smell--"like a garage with fifty thousand cars in it."<br /> <br /> Readers will feel the tension when he writes about the arresting wires ("thick as rope but thin and wiry") that grab F-18 planes (66 of them) as they come roaring in. Dyer ably conveys his awe at the logistics of feeding such a large crew. And then there's the cleaning; it goes on day after day, everywhere, especially in ordnance. The bombs, missiles and fuel alone could devastate a small city....<em>review courtesy of Shelf Awareness</em>.</div> <div class="clear"> </div> <div class="clear"> This book and many other new releases are now available at the Village Bookstore.</div> </div> <p> </p>
Posted By: Marc Katz
Date: Tue Jun 03 12:37:45 EDT 2014