Thanks all... I put in an order for a 1952 edition of
Song of the Sky and will order some of the others. I'm not a big fan of piston aircraft but Gann's book made me see the light. I did read
Chickenhawk as I have quite a huge pile of Vietnam War books and I absolutely agree it rates among the best of the bunch.
Unrefined? How dare you sir!!!
Touche! And I say that as someone who owns quite a collection of 1940s-1970s aeronautical charts.