| Richard David BachAlso known as: Richar Bach, Richard Back, Richard Bach, D. Rchard Bach, Richard D. Bach, Richard David Bach ... (see complete list), Ричард Бах, Richard Bach; Illustrator Ron Wegen | 9,823 | 116 | (3.73) | 0 | 0 |
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull 4230 copies, 51 reviews
- Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah 2172 copies, 26 reviews
- The Bridge Across Forever: A Lovestory 874 copies, 12 reviews
- One 818 copies, 6 reviews
- A Gift of Wings 338 copies, 5 reviews
- Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit 280 copies, 3 reviews
- There's No Such Place as Far Away 276 copies, 1 review
- Stranger to the Ground 127 copies, 2 reviews
- Out of My Mind: The Discovery of Saunders-Vixen 110 copies, 1 review
- Biplane 109 copies, 1 review
- Nothing by Chance 108 copies, 2 reviews
- Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul 98 copies
- Rescue Ferrets at Sea 67 copies
- Air Ferrets Aloft 54 copies, 3 reviews
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Richard Bach, a pilot and aviation writer, achieved success as a new age author with the publication of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a novel that Bach maintains was the result of two separate visionary experiences over a period of eight years. Bach's simple allegory with spiritual and philosophical overtones received little critical recognition but captured the mood of the 1970s, becoming popular with a wide range of readers, from members of the drug culture to mainstream Christian denominations. A direct descendant of Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard David Bach was born in Oak Park, Illinois, to Roland Bach, a former United States Army Chaplain, and Ruth (Shaw) Bach. While attending Long Beach State College in California, he took flying lessons, igniting his lifelong passion for aviation. From 1956-1959 he served in the United States Air Force and earned his pilot wings. In the 1960s he directed the Antique Airplane Association and also worked as a charter pilot, flight instructor, and barnstormer in the Midwest, where he offered plane rides for three dollars a person. During this period, he worked as a free-lance writer, selling articles to Flying, Soaring, Air Facts, and other magazines. He also wrote three books about flying which were Stranger to the Ground (1963), Biplane (1966), and Nothing by Chance (1969).
Since Jonathan Livingston Seagull, he has continued to share his philosophies on life, relationships, and reincarnation in six different books.  | |
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