FIRE OF A THOUSAND SUNS: The George R. "Bob" Caron Story - Tail Gunner of the Enola Gay.
Edition: Limited, signed first edition.
Westminister, Colorado: Web Publishing Company. (1995). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Technical Sergeant George Robert "Bob" Caron was the tail gunner, the only defender of the twelve crewmen, aboard the B-29 Enola Gay during the historic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Facing the rear of the B-29, his vantage point made him the first man to witness the cataclysmic growth of the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima. He was also the only photographer aboard, and took photographs as the mushroom cloud ascended. Of the four 509th Composite Group aircraft assigned to the Hiroshima bombing, Caron's camera and two others captured the explosion on film. (Wikipedia). This copy is #1 of only 130 copies SIGNED by Caron on the half title page. Caron died less than six weeks after this publication came from the printer. Includes a foreword by Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets (Ret.) Illustrated with photographs. Brief biographies of the crew. References. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-963901486.
Condition: Fine (as new) in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, top edge tinted blue.