Project Gutenberg 2023-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 119 Latour, Kenneth The last crash $aNew York :$bStreet & Smith Corporation, $c1923. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "The Last Crash" by Kenneth Latour is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story offers a unique blend of aviation drama infused with a mystic perspective on fate, delving into the lives of aviators and their complex relationships with flying and each other. The main character, Billy Cobb, is a dedicated pilot whose profession is steeped in danger and philosophy, particularly surrounding the idea of fate and the inevitability of 'the last crash.' At the start of the narrative, we meet John Norris, who reflects on his close friend Billy Cobb, exploring themes of fatalism tied to the perils of aviation. The opening sets the scene for a tragic event—a crash involving Cobb that leaves him injured and blind, but not without a significant revelation as he smiles and speaks to someone who is not there, suggesting a deeper connection beyond life and death. As the story unfolds, we learn of Cobb's profound devotion to aviation and his love for Jennie, a connection that becomes tangled with his fear of the air's capriciousness. Their relationship illustrates the tension between personal love and professional duty, establishing a poignant exploration of the fear that accompanies the thrill of flight. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/popular-magazine-v-070-n-04-1923-12-07 20230728160728latour 1923 US Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Aeronautics -- Fiction Air pilots -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels 170305 2025-07-28T08:54:02.227399 text/html 167335 2023-08-01T14:53:51 text/html 423243 2025-07-28T08:54:06.399379 application/epub+zip 424014 2025-07-28T08:54:03.461419 application/epub+zip 187715 2025-07-28T08:54:02.717361 application/epub+zip 976252 2025-07-28T08:54:08.423343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 966962 2025-07-28T08:54:05.738367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157487 2025-07-28T08:54:01.993395 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 157499 2023-08-01T14:53:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17420 2025-07-28T08:54:08.757333 application/rdf+xml 25276 2025-07-28T08:54:03.003364 image/jpeg 3969 2025-07-28T08:54:02.853343 image/jpeg 61023 2023-08-01T14:53:51 application/octet-stream application/zip 573506 2023-08-01T14:53:51 application/octet-stream application/zip 577471 2025-07-28T08:54:02.252353 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