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Old 28th November 2019, 22:31
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Black Tulip: The Life and Legacy of Erich Hartmann

Scheduled for April 2020.
Hoping it will contain new info and photos.
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Tulip...s=books&sr=1-4
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Old 29th November 2019, 00:45
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Re: Black Tulip: The Life and Legacy of Erich Hartmann

Whatever about the content, I'm judging the book by the cover, and it's the most dreadful and bland cover I've seen in a long time.
"BLACK CROSS-RED STAR" Christer Bergstrom take a bow....
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Old 29th November 2019, 02:09
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Re: Black Tulip: The Life and Legacy of Erich Hartmann

A clue can be found in the About the Author write-up.
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Old 30th November 2019, 15:05
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Re: Black Tulip: The Life and Legacy of Erich Hartmann

Disregarding the cover, it at least seems to be a book far more honest than the one written by Toliver/Constable.

No idea if we will get a "final" biography of Hartmann or not, but hopefully so!

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Old 30th November 2019, 17:11
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Whatever about the content, I'm judging the book by the cover, and it's the most dreadful and bland cover I've seen in a long time.
Much better than the usual wrong aircraft, inaccurate markings, all-guns-blazing, dropping-bombs-in-a-45º-banking-turn type of cover.
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Old 30th November 2019, 18:20
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Re: Black Tulip: The Life and Legacy of Erich Hartmann

But 240 pages? No way a thorough bio!
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Old 30th November 2019, 22:04
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Much better than the usual wrong aircraft, inaccurate markings, all-guns-blazing, dropping-bombs-in-a-45º-banking-turn type of cover.
Well, we could at least have the right aircraft in a 45 degree banking turn. Covers sell books.


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But 240 pages? No way a thorough bio!
Maybee not Jukka, maybee not, but perhaps it is a start?

I think it is about time we get something more solid with regard to the ace-of-aces. Come to think of it, one does not necessarily need 500 - 750 pages to write an honest biography.

I would also like to see an honest book about Adolf Galland and not all those "worship" books so far published!

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Old 1st December 2019, 12:08
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Re: Black Tulip: The Life and Legacy of Erich Hartmann

A thorough biography should e.g. cover every victory claim in detail. Not possible within 240 pages, unless in large format and 9000 characters per page.
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QUOTE: "About the Author. Erik Schmidt is a senior marketing writer and idea-maker, with a professional mindset. He has a graduate degree in creative nonfiction. A lover of history and aviation, this book started out as a grad-school thesis."
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