Project Gutenberg 2012-10-17 Public domain in the USA. 101 Bott, Alan 1893 1952 Contact Bott, Alan John 19018546 Eastern Nights - and Flights: A Record of Oriental Adventure. Produced by sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Eastern Nights - and Flights: A Record of Oriental Adventure" by Captain Alan Bott is a memoir written in the early 20th century. The book recounts the adventures and misadventures of the author during the time of World War I, focusing on his experiences as a British aviator. It details his capture by Turkish forces after a plane crash and explores his subsequent experiences in captivity, including interactions with both his captors and fellow prisoners, as well as his attempts to escape. At the start of the memoir, the author introduces the setting of wartime Palestine, detailing a serene life filled with camaraderie among fellow pilots before the chaos ensues. He describes a day in the sky that leads to his fateful crash, followed by a surreal and painful experience of being taken captive by a group of Arabs. The narrative captures his subsequent feelings of detachment and fear, as well as the complex dynamic between captors and prisoners, reflecting on the broader context of war and its absurdities. Bott's storytelling offers both adventure and introspection, laying the groundwork for his journey through captivity and the resolve to escape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41094/41094-h/images/cover.jpg en World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish D501 Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 514843 513984 2024-09-17T09:46:49.177719 2023-09-18T04:57:22.877892 text/html text/html 510244 2012-10-17T09:41:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 320412 2012-10-17T09:41:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 357069 2024-09-17T09:46:55.433672 application/epub+zip 365148 2024-09-17T09:46:50.004671 application/epub+zip 231865 2024-09-17T09:46:49.590674 application/epub+zip 504181 2024-09-17T09:46:59.812651 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 479726 2024-09-17T09:46:54.861649 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346798 2022-09-18T18:41:22.474271 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485203 485026 2024-09-17T09:46:48.350698 2023-09-18T04:57:22.111916 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 484769 2012-10-17T09:41:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 188601 2012-10-17T09:41:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 484768 2012-10-17T09:41:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 188462 2012-10-17T09:41:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20277 2024-09-17T09:46:59.957618 application/rdf+xml 10578 2024-09-17T09:46:49.675690 image/jpeg 2170 2024-09-17T09:46:49.633691 image/jpeg 323037 2024-09-17T09:46:49.234685 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog