lewis captain (29 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: GOOD. First edition. Collection of first-person writings from early aviators, among them Lieutenant A. Soucek, U.S.N.; L. Mendell and R. Reinhart; R.E. Dowd; Robert B. Renfro; Wilbur R. Hanawalt; Lauren D. Lyman; Harry F. Guggenheim; Nelle F. Dooley; Cloyd P. Clevenger; Ray Little; Earle Ovington; Henry Ford and more. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Written for older children and young adults. Introduction by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. 316 pp. Very good in red cloth with black lettering (some fraying to the sides of the spine, corners bumped.).

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Cassell and Company Ltd, London 1918; small 8vo, 130 x 190mm; red pictorial boards; corners slightly bumped and the spine a little lightened; some partial cracking at one point internally but without any break and with the contents generally very clean and tight. This is a collection of naval stories, pre-war related, first published in 1914 and many of them earlier appearing in the Pall Mall gazette.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 444 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.90 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 452 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.91 inches. In Stock.

Undated - 2 owner's names on title page both dated 5/42; in limp orange cloth; staples rusty, causing a little damage; cloth dirty, particularly on front cover, & a little worn Used - Acceptable. Fair in stapled limp cloth folder Used - Acceptable. Fair in stapled limp cloth folder.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Edition. 256p.Dust jacket a bit chipped and torn o/w okay, inscription : ' Susan With best wishes from her Grandfather The Author Xmas 1938 ' also signed ' Bartimeus ' on half title. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pale blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 122 printed pages of text with monochrome diagrams throughout, three fold-out maps, illustrated front piece and rear of the dust wrapper only loosely enclosed . Sun bleaching to the blue of the spine and head of the upper panel, black ink stamp to the front paste down, tape traces to the end papers and in near Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Algeria].

Zustand: Very Good. Hard back publisher's original blue cloth covers, black stamping to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5" 295, 2 [pp]. Former name to front end paper, light tanning to closed page edges. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NAUTICAL (Shipbuilding).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. HARDCOVER; 1972 reprint of the 1909 edition; in very good condition. This is a heavy volume; extra shipping may be required for priority mail or international orders. Book.

Zustand: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original stone cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel with yellow crest and blue stripes. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 332 printed pages of text with detailed monochrome drawings throughout. Age darkened spine and closed page edges, rubs to the softened spine ends and corners, ghosting to the end papers, ink marking dated 1918 to the front free end paper and in near Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL NAVY (RN).

Zustand: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original letterbox red cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. Quarto 9'' x 7''. Contains 316 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fraying of the cloth to the spine ends and gutters, Dewey number to the spine, rubs to the softened corners, public library copy with ink stamps to the end papers and title page, hinges cracked, tape traces to the front and rear paste down and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. AVIATION & AERONAUTICS.

Hardcover. 16mo. pp [1] + 29 + [1 unnumbered]. Privately printed by the Keepsake Press, an edition of 100 copies. Blue card covers with saffron coloured jacket. Slight marks to cover and jacket ; front hinge slightly unstuck, but all tight. Loosely inserted compliment slip from publisher and a snippet from the radio times. Very good indeed in slightly used, very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Leichtere Gebrauchsspuren. Captain Lewis, Captain Clark: Tagebuch einer Entdeckungsreise durch Nordamerika von der Mündung des Missouri an bis zum Einfluß des Columbia in den Stillen Ozean, gemacht in den Jahren 1805, 1805 und 1806 auf Befehl der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten. Verlag Lothar Borowsky, München o.J. (lt. DNB: 1980). Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag, 345 Seiten; ordentlicher Zustand.

The correspondence concerns the need to prevent a 'collision between the American and British authorities on the island' (the American General Harney is quoted as saying that 'he is satisfied that any attempt of the British Commander to ignore this right of the territory will be followed by deplorable results out of his power to control'). [2] + 4 + [1]pp, foolscap 8vo. Stabbed as issued. On discoloured and worn paper, with slight chipping at head of first leaf. Last page (back cover) printed crosswise in the customary fashion (for folding into a packet). A 'List of Papers' at the start has two numbers in it: '1. Lord Lyons to Lord J. Russell . June 7, 1860' and '2 Lord Lyons to Lord J. Russell . June 8, - / One Inclosure'. Other correspondents are General Lewis Cass (to Lord Lyons), Captain Pickett (to Captain Bazalgette) and Assistant-General Pleasonton (to Captain Pickett).

Revue Rock & Folk n° 65 de juin 1972. In-4 agrafé de 100 pages, au format 27 x 21,5 cm. Couvertures photographiques avec Mick Jagger. Couvertures et intérieur frais. Complet du poster dépliant de Jim Morisson dessiné par Leray au format 40 x 27 cm. Le poster est solidaire de la couverture et plié sous cette dernière. Mensuel musical français consacré à la musique rock et pop, fondé en 1966 par Robert Baudelet, Jean Tronchot, Philippe Adler, Jean-Pierre Leloir et Philippe Koechlin. La revue connut la participation de nombreux photographes dont : Jean-Pierre Leloir, Claude Gassian, Pierre Terrasson, Gaëlle Ghesquière, Bruno Ducourant,Patrice Guino, Jean-Louis Rancurel, Dominique Tarlé, Bertrand Alary et Saddri Derradji. Nombreux articles sur le Rock, le blues, la soul, la pop dont : Jimi Hendrix, Les Who, Rolling Stones, Les Who, Les Doors, Magma, Dick Rivers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Leonard Cohen, Captain Beefheart, Little Richard, Grateful Dead, Ange, etc. Nombreuses chroniques avec de très nombreuses photographies en noir et blanc. Planche de " Hamster Jovial " par Marcel Gotlib. Rare édition originale, en très bel état de fraicheur et surtout complète du poster.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Schmidt, O.F.; Van Swearingen; Holbrooke, Pat; Dodd, Howell; Heitland, W. Emerton; Don Lou; Allen, James; Kinley, Fred (illustrator). First Edition. 50 pages. Features: Back of Russia's Poker Face; Opera on the Upbeat; Actor on the Diplomatic Stage - Douglas Fairbanks; Profile of Arthur MacNamara. Fiction: Retreaded Wolf; The Old Stand; The Professor Plans a Haul; Watt Holly and teh City Lady. Part 2 of condensed book "The Birthday Murder". Two-page Thropp Family comic by Lawrence Lariar. Ads: Colour ad for Carling's Breweries features pheasant conservation; Vintage one-page ad for the MGM movie "Adventure" with illustration of Clark Gable and Greer Garson; Hinds for Hands; Elizabeth Arden; YWCA (inside back cover); Colour Coke ad on back cover features illustration of four young well-dressed people preparing snacks and music in someone's home. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Honore, Paul (cover); Fitzgerald, W.O.; Clarke, W.W.; Harper, George; Graham, J. (illustrator). First Edition. 32 pages. Features: A Wasted Sugar Supply - Honey from Honeybees; Wild Youth Proves a Myth - 'girls and boys' between 35 and 45 are rolling up the crime wave; Making the Government Efficient - reorganization would cut 100,000 unnecessary employees from federal payrolls; The White House - a Mecca for Cranks - Secret Service men must be ever alert to guard the President from the Unbalanced; Missionaries and Machine Guns - many preachers of the gospel do not want the protection of bullets; Tom Learns to Play the Game - an American boy who on mastering himself was able to direct others; Henry Ford's Page - Lower price no longer means lower equality; Editorials - making the movies dry, the value of vulgarity, Mussolini forbids earthquake prophet,exams proposed for ministers of religion, Washington's inability to think in other than political terms; Writing Verse for Composite Readers - some versifiers cultivate eccentricity, others are themselves, and therefore poets; Sad Men Who Look So Wistfully at the Sky - author, William F. Hopp has been chaplain of the Michigan State Prison for over seven years - article with photos; Duelists (Fighter Pilots) of the Sky - a tale of knights-errant and their deeds - of their light-heartedness, and their gallant, tragic fate; Under the White Tops with 'Gil' - (part 3) The Big Snake and the Little Dog - and how a darky made millions from circus side shows; Chats with Office Callers - Christmas cards began with Jewish Adolph Tuck, controversy in Canada over union with the U.S., sighting of monster near Prince Rupert, B.C.; The Virginia Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Fascinating illustrated ad for homes which can be built for under $1k in materials; I Read In the Papers - article by Nathaniel Zalowitz in the 'Jewish Daily Forward' declares ".For the overwhelming majority of Jews in American assimilation in any true sense of the term is absolutely out of the question."; The Barefoot Boy - poetry by J.G. Whittier inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this detailed account of Wellington's successes in the Peninsula War, illustrated throughout with folding maps. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Volume I is illustrated with seven in-text maps, and six maps on plates, five of which are folding. Volume II is illustrated with eight in-text maps, and six maps on plates, four of which are folding. Collated complete. A study of the operations of Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesleys, a British Army officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Regarding his tactics and campaigns in the Peninsula War of the early nineteenth century, between the years 1808 and 1814. Providing a detailed account of Wellington's movements in this stage of the Napoleonic wars in chronological order, this work recounts, in the words of the author, 'the story of the most successful campaigns ever waged by the British Army'. Written by Captain Lewis Butler, a British military officer of the King's Royal Rifle Corps. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the extremities. The odd pencil annotation and pencil underlining throughout. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The very scarce first edition of this detailed account of Wellington's successes in the Peninsula War, illustrated throughout with folding maps. The very scarce first edition of Captain Lewis Butler's two volume study of the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley's, operations in the Peninsula War of the early nineteenth century, between the years 1808 and 1814.Illustrated with thirteen maps to volume I, and fourteen to volume II, many of which are folding. Collated, complete.Providing a detailed account of Wellington's movements in this stage of the Napoleonic wars in chronological order, this work recounts, in the words of the author, 'the story of the most successful campaigns ever waged by the British Army'.With volume II previously held by the 'Officers' Mess Library of the British Army of the Rhine', with their stamp to the front free endpaper, and a stamp reading 'Supplied for the Public Service' to the title page. With evidence of library number removal to back strip tail of this volume, and no further library markings. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip heads and tails. Significant discolouration to tail of volume II back strip. Small split in cloth to head of volume II front joint. Light fading to front and rear board of volume II. Front and rear hinge of volume II starting, with boards holding firm. Library stamp to front free endpaper of volume II. Internally, firmly bound. Library stamp to volume II title page. Pages of volume I clean and bright, with areas of heavier spotting to volume II. Good. book.

FIRST EDITION 1797, in three parts. 4to, approximately 280 x 215 mm, 11 x 8¼ inches, large folding hand coloured map of the seat of war as frontispiece, 4 hand coloured folding plans, pages: x, [1], 1-183, bound in full leather, ornate gilt borders to covers with floral motif at corners, rebacked with original backstrip laid on, gilt decoration to spine, gilt lettered morocco labels, gilt inner dentelles (turn ins), all edges gilt, original pink endpapers retained. Spine rubbed and slightly worn, a few hairline cracks and chips to date label, a few slight indentations and light scratches to covers, corners slightly worn, shelf wear to edges, inner paper hinges neatly repaired with matching cloth, small grazed patch on front pastedown, some brown spotting to title page and prelims, 8 pages heavily foxed in Book III, occasional pale brown spot to margins, occasional pale age-browning, contents otherwise clean, small closed edge tear to map and 2 plans, neatly repaired on reverse. Binding tight and firm. A very good copy. Britain's part in the War of the First Coalition which represented the first major concerted effort of multiple European powers to contain Revolutionary France. Britain came into the war being waged by Austria, Prussia, Spain and others when Louis XVI was executed in 1793. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated by Leist, Fred; Perceval, C.H.; Reynolds, Warwick; Wood,Esmond; Prater, Ernest; Bates, L.; Elcock, Howard; Pride, Sid; Webb, Arch;Austen, Winifred; Dovaston, Margaret; Pitcher, Sotheby (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Cheetah-Hunting - Lewis R. Freeman provides an interesting account of using cheetahs to hunt deer in India - article with photos; The Mad Hatter - two former partners fight it out over a woman in the boom days of the Kalgoorlie mines; Ivory-Poaching in German East Africa - Prior to WWI big game hunter J.A. Jordan set out to poach ivory from the jealously guarded herds of the colony after a German captain confiscated his possessions and left him stranded - article with amazing photos; Adventures of a Wild-Beast Trainer - The thrilling experiences of ex-lion-tamer Alexander Feely; An Errand of Mercy - the dangers and difficulty of travel in the interior of Paraguay; After Outlaws in Unknown New Guinea - pursuit of a band of native murderers who had wiped out a village - article with excellent photos; 'Big-Bang' - the story of a WWI heavy-duty trench mortar invented by a man named X____; The Brothers Alvarez - a Mexican narrative related to the author by the late British Minister to Mexico; A Canadian Lumber-Camp - Part I - A vivid photo-illustrated sketch of the strenuous winter existence of a Canadian lumber-jack; A Five Minutes' Race With Death - a mining engineer's story of a revengeful Matabele and a very narrow escape; The Bunko House - a very narrow escape in Chicago; Bob Trinder's Good Time - at story of the bad old days of San Francisco when men were 'shanghaied' aboard deep-water ships for the sake of advance-money or private vengeance; South African Snakes - their variety and characteristics; A Race With a Typhoon - the remarkable adventure of Yale graduate Dr. E.E. Severy in a remote district of Mindanao in the Philippines; Sensational 16-page photo-illustrated stock offering for the Pruden Coal Carburetor and the Powdered Coal Engineering & Equipment Company; and and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 292-382, 22-32 [ads]. Covers beginning to loosen. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, February 1917, Cheetah-Hunting, India, Lewis R. Freeman, The Mad Hatter, Kalgoorlie, Ivory-Poaching - German East Africa, elephant hunting, J.A. Jordan, Lion-Tamer, Alexander Feely, Paraguay, New Guinea, Pygmies, Mortar, Alvarez Brot.

1st UK Ed. xviii + 467pp. 3 plates on 1 folding sheet, folding elevation, text diagrams. From the Library of Professor Malcolm Yapp, with the signature of Leonard Tomlins, light browning moreso to f.e.ps., later green cloth, minor wear and marking, gilt lettered label to spine, t.e.g. Preceded by the 1858 Bombay Edition.Lieutenant General Sir Lewis Pelly (18251892) British East India Company officer, then imperial army and political officer. In the Anglo-Persian War of 18567, Pelly was aide-de-camp to General John Jacob, and commanded a troop of cavalry. Serving as brigade major in the Frontier Force of the Scinde Irregular Horse, commanded by Jacob, in 1858.John Jacob (18121858), army officer in the East India Company. Aide-decamp to the Queen; Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of India, &c. &c. &c.; late commanding in chief the British forces in Persia; at present commanding the Sind Irregular Horse, and Political Superintendent of the North-West frontier of Sind.Comprising Civil Administration, On Military Matters, Relating to the North-West Frontier of India; The Persian War, Observations on the Present Condition of India and on the Reorganizatuon of its Civil and Military Adminstration, etc. US$2228.

Zustand: Good. 4to. 22.5 x 29cm. xxiv, 663 , [1] pages; 4 map plates hors texte (one large folding). Page [664} is the publisher's catalogue .Contemporary boards with later linen spine and label; endpapers renewed, some offsetting present on map and plates, 2 leaves with closed tear.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:4910831; Wright Howes, 317; Field 929; Howes L-317; Literature of Lewis & Clark 5A.2; Streeter 3128;.The controversial Louisiana Purchase in 1803 - whereby the United States purchased the territory of Louisiana (comprising a stretch of land from today's Montana to Louisiana with Colorado to the West and Missouri to the East) from the French - nearly doubled the size of the country. The cost of the transaction was $15,000,000, around $18 per square mile. Control of the entire area was taken over by the United States, including large areas of the country which was inhabited - and managed - by Native Americans, who had never themselves ceded the land. Following the Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned an expedition to explore the territory and report back in as much detail as possible. A primary aim was to find a new travel route across the country, ensuring an American presence in the area before other colonial powers took advantage of the area and tried to establish their own footholds. The Lewis and Clark Expedition - alternatively known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition - set out from Camp Dubois on the 14th May 1804, crossing the Continental Divide, eventually reaching St. Louis, Missouri, in 1806. They were famously assisted in interpretation and interactions with local tribes by Sacagawea, a Lemni Shoshone woman who accompanied the expedition.The Lewis and Clark Expedition introduced the United States government to various Native American tribes and how trade with them could be promoted, alongside advising on the viability of the path they followed. Various botanical and zoological specimens were returned to the East Coast, including corn, or maize, grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. It took nearly 10 years for Lewis and Clark to publish their journals, first in Philadelphia in octavo format in 1814 as History of the Expedition under the Command of Captain Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Colombia to the Pacific Ocean. Here we find the first British edition, including Neele's highly important folding map, showing the expedition route.

2pp., 8vo. In fair condition, on aged paper, with wear to extremities. He begins by discussing his own holiday, Fagan's and that of Porteous, before describing the weather on his trip to Argentina from England, with news of his plans ('I will try & get home for B.M. meeting 10th Janry.' Changing the subject, he writes: 'Hope you are getting to work in the Spirit room. It is a pity we cant have Oliver Lodge on the Sub Cttee. His address bored me & I think it most disappointing. I hoped for something much more exciting. It was only anti-cock-sure-Schafer. If he had got in to Spooks earlier & told us a bit more about them & their unscientific ways it wd. have been more entertaining at any rate. He regrets that 'we dont have Harcourt in that Sub-Cttee & as he cannot be elected till May, I suppose he can't be got in anyhow'. He thinks it will be 'interesting to see if Lord R. will turn up at any of the meetings after all the fuss or if he will continue to bury himself as of yore.' He reports that 'Floods have been tremendous in parts of this Province & Southern Railway had no end of a bother.' He still thinks 'Centrals are the best but Pacifics about 70 must be a good buy. Commercially things are bad in B[uenos]. A[ires]. a depression after the book of a good many years.' He concludes with a comment on mortgages and interest.

1p., 4to. On aged paper. Printed in block capitals at head of letter: 'Experienced actor-dramatist and film adapter. Author of plays and films produced in England and America. Expert in "Dramatic Construction" gained in years of practical experience on the stage, and in films. Adapts stories to the talking films, the bigger the story with opportunities of being developed on a large scale, the better.' Addressed to 'Commander L. A. da Costa Ricci | Naval & Military Club, | 94 Piccadilly | W'. Dawson puts himself forward if Bartimeus considers 'Awfully Big Adventure', or any other of his stories 'adaptable to the talking films - [.] something that can be developed by dramatic & perhaps sensational situations - there is a market for such a thing | I adapted "A Gentleman of France". (Stanley Weyman) - & "Down under Donovan". (Edgar Wallace) - both produced here - wrote "Ambition" - produced in America - I am in touch with Hollywood - & glad to arrange to adapt something to put forward'.

Folding map frontispiece. Ink stamp of the British Institute of Afghan Studies to the front free endpaper, light browning, otherwise very good in modern quarter calf, spine gilt. xvi, 338pp. ad. leaf. Wm. H. Allen and Co. Pollock's bookplate to front pastedown, his pencilled notes throughout. "Colonel Stacey's [sic.] recollections account for two sets of events on the Afghan Border between 1840 and 1842. In the first episode he served as an interpreter during the negotiations leading to a treaty with the Khan of Kalat. This agreement subsequently safeguarded British lines of communication supporting General Nott's invasion of Afghanistan in May 1842" (Riddick). Riddick 169.

First Edition. United States War Department-issued "Line of Position" notebook (203 x 270 mm). 27 pp. of autograph text in ink and pencil, including covers. The account of Captain Robert A. Lewis (1917 - 1983) occupies the first 8 pp., followed by his 14-pp. history of the 509th Composite Group written by him, 1 p. additional notes, and a 2-pp. song about the 509th. Lewis also filled out both covers of the record book with notes: on the front cover, the title "Bombing of Hiroshima," a list of the crew aboard the Enola Gay, and several other notes; and on the back cover, a sketch of the Hiroshima mushroom cloud as observed by Lewis from the plane (dated and initialed "09:30 8/6/45 R.A.L."). The pages were later numbered, and the pencil emendations, visible across all eight pages, were made by New York Times editor William L. Laurence (1888 - 1977). Drab paper boards top bound in black cloth. Some light soiling to boards and a bit of wear to cloth binding. One leaf (p. 7 of the account) was torn from later in the notebook and taped in by Lewis at its current position (see below for a timeline of Lewis' account). In Very Good condition overall. This in-flight record documents the bombing of Hiroshima from the perspective of Captain Robert A. Lewis, co-pilot of the Enola Gay, on the journey to drop the "Little Boy" bomb. Over the course of the twelve-hour flight from Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands to Hiroshima and back again, Lewis recorded both what he saw - including a sketch of the mushroom cloud over the city - and what he felt - apprehension, confusion, shock, awe - as he and his crew entered history. Though Lewis' record is one of two firsthand accounts of the Hiroshima bombing written aboard the Enola Gay, it is the only account that documents the personal observations and emotional response of one of the crewmembers. The other documentation of the flight, the navigator's log of Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, is a purely technical account, recording data like timing and flight position but not including the historically valuable and emotionally impactful commentary present here. Lewis' record, then, provides an unequalled firsthand account of the flight of the Enola Gay. Lewis wrote this account at the request of New York Times science editor William "Atomic Bill" Laurence, who had been given permission to document the mission aboard the Enola Gay. At the last minute, however, Laurence was barred from the flight (he was ultimately allowed aboard the plane that bombed Nagasaki). Laurence asked Lewis to record the Enola Gay mission in his stead, and Lewis took this notebook aboard to document his experiences: "A great deal of the notes were written in almost complete darkness. Half way through I ran out of ink," Lewis wrote. On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay left Tinian at 2:25am. The plane passed over Iwo Jima within three hours, and, by 7:30, Lewis wrote: "we are loaded, the bomb is now alive and it's a funny feeling knowing its right in back of you. Knock wood. We started out climb to 30,000ft.well folks its not long now." At 8:15, the Enola Gay dropped the bomb. The "Little Boy" fell for forty-four seconds before detonating over a Hiroshima hospital, instantly killing tens of thousands of people and destroying nearly four square miles of the city. Of the moment the bomb struck Hiroshima, Lewis wrote: "We then turned the ship so we could observe results and there in front of our eyes was with out a doubt the greatest explosion man has ever witnessed. The city was 9/10 covered with smoke.and a column which.reached 30,000 ft." In his later reflections, likely recorded within a few days, he added: "I am certain the entire crew felt this experience was more than anyone human had ever thought possible. It just seems impossible to comprehend. Just how many did we kill? I honestly have the feeling of groping for words to explain this.My God what have we done. If I live a hundred years I'll never quite get these few minutes out of my mind." We now. Signed.