Enola Gay.

THOMAS, Gordon and Max Morgan Witts. [Theodore Jerome "Dutch" Van Kirk].

Item Number: 140671

New York: Stein and Day, 1977.

First edition of the authors’ gripping account of the bombing of Hiroshima, revealed from firsthand sources. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated with 22 pages of photos and four maps. Presentation copy, inscribed by Colonel Paul Tibbets, who served as the pilot on the front free endpaper, “Columbus, Ohil 18 Nov. 1987 For Kenneth G. Dencken with best regards Paul W. Tibbets” and signed by bombadier Tom Ferrebe below Tibbets. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Anthony.

Although it was quite possibly the most important event of World War II, the story of the bombing of Hiroshima, the momentous flight into the future of the B-29 Enola Gay, has never before been revealed from firsthand sources. Here, then, is a reading experience that separates the myth from reality as the award-winning writers retrace the steps that led the world into the atomic age. "This will be the most authentic Hiroshima book ever. It is objective, calm, restrained and yet deeply humane. This is the kind of book we have all been hoping for on this subject" (Sen Matsuda).