Author: TOBIN, JAMES
Title: To conquer the air : the Wright Brothers and the great race for flight
Description: New York : Free Press (2003) 2003. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 433 pages; Description: ix. 433 p. 16 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Wright. Orville (1871-1948) --Wright. Wilbur (1867-1912) --Aeronautics --United States --History --Flight --20th century --Wright Flyer (Airplane). Summary: Ron Powers Co-author of Flags of Our Fathers What The Metaphysical Club was to the development of philosophic thought in America. this beautiful book is to the development of man in flight. Far more than a mere account of the Wright brothers' triumph. To Conquer the Air is a yeasty. richly drawn evocation of an era and of the strange. visionary. obsessed. and difficult men who battled one another to claim it in their name.ISBN: 0684856883. Weight in Kg appr.:

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