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Item Will Close On: Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 8:30:00 PM CST

Lot Number: 5929993

Category: O13 - Histories Books

BOOK-`GO,GET `EM! SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR WILLIAM WELLMAN LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE

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William Augustus Wellman (29 February 1896 – 9 December 1975) was an American movie director, noted for directing the film which received the first Academy Award for Best Picture, Wings (1927). Throughout his long career, during which Wellman helmed over 80 films, he was a prolific director of crime, adventure and action films, often focusing on aviation themes, a particular passion. He also directed several acclaimed satirical comedies.
In World War I Wellman enlisted in the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps as an ambulance driver. While in Paris, Wellman joined the French Foreign Legion and was assigned in 3 December 1917 as a fighter pilot and the first American to join N.87 escadrille in the Lafayette Flying Corps.

Signed and dated 1918 by William Wellman with dedication. Book is hard bound, medium format, 1918 dated, 284pgs. Also includes magazine clipping about his wife and children.  

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