A Handful of Hell: Classic War and Adventure Stories
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A Handful of Hell: Classic War and Adventure Stories
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Overview
"These stories were being read by men who'd been there, done that. I had to have the personalities and the details right. They wouldn't tolerate having men like themselves overly glorified, or to have war made glamorous. . . ."
Aviator, diplomat, and historian, Robert F. Dorr was uniquely qualified to write for men's adventure magazines, bringing sweat-and-blood, nuts-and-bolts authenticity to his stories of risk, combat, and sacrifice. Best known today for his highly regarded historical works, Dorr's stories for the men's pulps also drew from jaw-dropping true accounts, as action-packed as any imagined by his hard-boiled peers.
In this tense, gritty collection, the master storyteller drops readers squarely into the action's fiery crucible, both in the cockpit and on the front lines. Each story includes full-color reproductions of the explosive vintage art from the stories' original publication by some of the greatest names in illustration. A singular collection in the author's vast bibliography, A Handful of Hell highlights the best of Robert F. Dorr's vivid, gripping tales of aerial conflict, battlefield heroism and action--some fact, some fiction, all adrenaline-fueled, white-knuckle adventure.
"Robert F. Dorr sets the standard for writing about aviation and adventure." -- Walter J. Boyne, author and former director, National Air and Space Museum
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781943444083 |
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| Publisher: | Subtropic Productions, LLC |
| Publication date: | 01/22/2016 |
| Series: | Men's Adventure Library , #4 |
| Pages: | 304 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.83(d) |
About the Author
WYATT DOYLE is ringmaster of New Texture, and he edits and designs most releases. His own books include STOP REQUESTED (illustrated by Stanley J. Zappa), DOLLAR HALLOWEEN, I NEED REAL TUXEDO AND A TOP HAT!, BUTY-WAVE IS NOW CLOSED FOREVER, and JORGE AMAYA DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE. A retrospective of his photography was presented by Gallery 30 South in Pasadena, CA. With Robert Deis, he edits the Men's Adventure Library series, exploring vintage pulp fiction, art, and history. With Jimmy Angelina, he created THE LAST COLORING BOOK and THE LAST COLORING BOOK ON THE LEFT, as well as BE ITALIAN. Together with Hal Glatzer and Norman von Holtzendorff, he produced THINGS THAT WERE MADE FOR LOVE, collecting the songsheet art of Sydney Leff. He assisted in the publication of Georgina Spelvin's memoir, THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT, and published Josh Alan Friedman's BLACK CRACKER and TELL THE TRUTH UNTIL THEY BLEED via his Wyatt Doyle Books imprint. He administers the creative estate of Rev. Raymond Branch, and curates RevBranch.com. His screenplay with Jason Cuadrado, I'M HERE FOR YOU, was produced as DEVIL MAY CALL. A member of The Stanley J. Zappa Quartet, a recording, THE STANLEY J. ZAPPA QUARTET PLAYS FOR THE SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS, has been released.
In his younger days, ROBERT DEIS explored various options for making a living. Among other things, he worked as a teacher, an artist, a musician, a logger in the Maine woods, a magazine writer and a state government bureaucrat. Eventually (by accident rather than design) he fell into a long-lasting career as a political consultant. Nowadays, he blogs and writes about things that interest him, such as famous quotations and men's adventure magazines. Bob grew up in the decades when men's adventure magazines were flourishing, but he didn't take much notice of them until he read the 2004 book MEN'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES IN POSTWAR AMERICA, which features the amazing art and magazine collection of Rich Oberg. That inspired him to start collecting and studying men's adventure magazines. In 2009, he created the MensPulpMags.com blog. Through that, he met other fans of the genre, including Rich Oberg, Wyatt Doyle and Josh Alan Friedman, who all agree that what the world needs now is greater exposure to the wild, weird world of men's adventure pulp fiction and pulp art.
Table of Contents
Robert DeisPreface
Robert F. Dorr
"My Plan Was To Be a Writer and an Adventurer . . . ."
"Handful of Hell" [Climax, October 1962]
"The Bloodiest Single Mission in Air Force History"
[Bluebook, November 1962]
"Rammed Over Berlin" [Stag, August 1963]
"Yank Ace Who Battled the Japs Over Pearl Harbor"
[Stag, December 1965]
"The 'Impossible' Raid" [Stag, January 1966]
"The POW General Who Tried to Kill Himself"
[Man's, November 1965]
"I'm Going to Ram That Nazi Plane!"
[Man's, November 1966]
"Fish Him Out-Or Else!"
[Man's, December 1966]
"5 Downed GIs Who Gutted Ambush Alley"
[Men, June 1967]
"Yank Ace Who Saved the Anzio Invasion"
[Man's, December 1967]
"The Day the Boondocks Ran With Yankee Blood"
[Bluebook, August 1969]
"Borneo Longshot"
[Male, March 1970]
"I Fought Castro's Cutthroat Guerrilla Squad"
[For Men Only, April 1970]
"The Incredible Glory Saga of the Boondock Padre"
[Man's Illustrated, October 1970]
"I Fought Burma's 'Red Flag' Terrorist Killers"
[Bluebook, March 1972]