Project Gutenberg 2012-10-17 Public domain in the USA. 193 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 Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish D501 Text Category: Biographies Category: Adventure Category: British Literature Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 514994 2025-07-16T14:38:15.697035 text/html 490282 2024-10-23T11:30:51 text/html 357172 2025-07-16T14:38:21.359036 application/epub+zip 364993 2025-07-16T14:38:16.650020 application/epub+zip 231776 2025-07-16T14:38:16.106040 application/epub+zip 504029 2025-07-16T14:38:25.271009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 479820 2025-07-16T14:38:20.983016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346798 2022-09-18T18:41:22.474271 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485026 2023-09-18T04:57:22.111916 text/plain 465013 2024-10-23T11:30:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17260 2025-07-16T14:38:25.400983 application/rdf+xml 10578 2025-07-16T14:38:16.183043 image/jpeg 2170 2025-07-16T14:38:16.145013 image/jpeg 322972 2025-07-16T14:38:15.750013 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia