On Wings of Eagles
by Follett, Ken
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Nice copy
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow, 1983. 1st edition / 1st printing. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 444pp., b/w plates, ep maps, bibliog., A non-fiction work. When two of his employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran, one man took matters into his own hands: businessman H. Ross Perot. His team consisted of a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of his corporation, handpicked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. Signed by Ross Perot on ownerÕs Library Bookplate on half-title page. Nice copy in a slightly chipped but unclipped dust jacket. Copies signed by Perot are rare
Synopsis
On Wings of Eagles is a 1983 thriller novel written by British author Ken Follett. Set against the background of the Iranian revolution, it tells the story of the rescue of Paul Chiapparone and Bill Gaylord from prison in Tehran by a team of Electronic Data Systems executives led by retired Col. Arthur D. Simons. The story, according to Follett, is not fictionalized or a 'non-fiction novel'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Sign0126
- Title
- On Wings of Eagles
- Author
- Follett, Ken
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice copy
- Edition
- 1st edition / 1st printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- octavo
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About the Seller
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