Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for the canvas falcons the planes of world war i and the men who flew them at amazoncom read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. The canvas falcons cover says the book is about the planes of world war i and the men who flew them and it is there is little about their strategic employment and the practices of trenchard or mitchell were seeing the war from the viewpoint of the aviators themselves and it can get gritty in places. The canvas falcons the men and the planes of world war i stephen longstreet on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers book by longstreet stephen. The men rather than the planes since most of mr longstreets re run an old enthusiasm hes been planning to write the book for 25 years concentrates on the daring young men who became fokker fodder indeed most of the planes they flew were fokkers at the start not much more than motorized kites. The canvas falcons the story of the men and the planes of world war i by longstreet stephen 1907 2002 published 1970 the young men of paris by longstreet stephen 1907 2002 published 1967 war cries on horseback the story of the indian wars of the great plains by longstreet stephen 1907 2002