Leg-Irons On Wings
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Damage to jacket but now in mylar layer. Pages clean. Binding tight.
A stirring work of early twentieth-century adventure fiction, Leg-Irons on Wings chronicles the gripping tale of a man caught between the weight of a troubled past and the desperate yearning for freedom, set against the vivid, exotic backdrops that James Francis Dwyer masterfully rendered throughout his career. Dwyer, an Australian-born writer celebrated for his romantic adventure stories and his ability to conjure far-flung locales with atmospheric intensity, presents a narrative charged with tension, moral conflict, and the relentless pull of redemption. The story illustrates how the shackles of circumstance — whether literal or spiritual — can bind even the most spirited of souls, while never extinguishing the human drive to soar beyond them. Written in the pulp adventure tradition that made Dwyer a popular figure in early American magazines, the prose moves with a propulsive, cinematic energy that keeps readers firmly in its grip from first page to last.
Author: James Francis Dwyer
Format: Hardback
Published: 1949, Georgian House, Melbourne
Genre: Adventure fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Damage to jacket but now in mylar layer. Pages clean. Binding tight.
A stirring work of early twentieth-century adventure fiction, Leg-Irons on Wings chronicles the gripping tale of a man caught between the weight of a troubled past and the desperate yearning for freedom, set against the vivid, exotic backdrops that James Francis Dwyer masterfully rendered throughout his career. Dwyer, an Australian-born writer celebrated for his romantic adventure stories and his ability to conjure far-flung locales with atmospheric intensity, presents a narrative charged with tension, moral conflict, and the relentless pull of redemption. The story illustrates how the shackles of circumstance — whether literal or spiritual — can bind even the most spirited of souls, while never extinguishing the human drive to soar beyond them. Written in the pulp adventure tradition that made Dwyer a popular figure in early American magazines, the prose moves with a propulsive, cinematic energy that keeps readers firmly in its grip from first page to last.