This is the brilliant memoir of a man who starts out in Manhattan and comes of age in the skies over Korea, before emerging as one of America's finest authors in the New York of the 1960s.

Burning the Days showcases Salter's uniquely beautiful style with some of the most evocative pages about flying ever written, together with portraits of the actors, directors and authors who later influenced him. It is an unforgettable book about passion, ambition and what it means to live and to write.

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Pronaos

You Must

Icarus

The Captain's Wife

A Single Daring Act

Burning the Days

     II

Forgotten Kings

Europa 232

Ukiyo

Diners en Ville

Index