Bibliograph

Another great day at sea, life aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, Geoff Dyer ; with photographs by Chris Steele-Perkins

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Another great day at sea, life aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, Geoff Dyer ; with photographs by Chris Steele-Perkins

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Another great day at sea

Responsibility statement

Geoff Dyer ; with photographs by Chris Steele-Perkins

Series statement

Writers in residence

Sub title

life aboard the USS George H.W. Bush

Summary

Another Great Day at Sea chronicles Dyer's experiences on the USS George H.W. Bush as he navigates the routines and protocols of "carrier-world," from the elaborate choreography of the flight deck through miles of walkways and hatches to kitchens serving meals for a crew of five thousand to the deafening complexity of catapult and arresting gear. Meeting the Captain, the F-18 pilots and the dentists, experiencing everything from a man-overboard alert to the Steel Beach Party, Dyer guides us through the most AIE (acronym intensive environment) imaginable. A lanky Englishman (could he really be both the tallest and the oldest person on the ship?) in a deeply American world, with its constant exhortations to improve, to do better, Dyer brilliantly records the daily life on board the ship, revealing it to be a prism for understanding a society where discipline and conformity, dedication and optimism, become forms of self-expression

Target audience

adult

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Life aboard the USS George H.W. Bush

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