Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told Nineteen Amazing Tales From the Sky

Informationen zum Autor Lamar Underwood is the former editor-in-chief of Sports Afield and Outdoor Life and former editorial director of the Outdoor Magazine Group of Harris Publications in New York. The numerous books he has edited include Tales of the Mountain Men, The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told, Survival Stories, and War Stories. His novel On Dangerous Ground, was published by Doubleday. He lives in Pennington, NJ. Klappentext At 10:35 in the morning of Thursday, December 17, 1903, man got his wings. On the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the motorized aircraft he and his brother Wilbur had constructed to a distance less than the length of the wingspan of today's 747 jet. They made three other flights the same day, the final lasting 59 seconds for a distance over the ground of 852 feet. The world would never be the same after that day. Mankind was finally off the ground in powered flight. And man's experiences in the air would forevermore join the literature of human endeavors. The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told is a diverse, inspiring, and exciting collection of writings on the thrills of taking flight.

Product details

• Authors: Lamar Underwood
• Assisted by: Underwood Lamar (Editor), Lamar Underwood (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.08.2018
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781493019694
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-1969-4
• Pages: 352
• Dimensions (packing): 15.5 x 23 x 2.5 cm
• Series: Greatest; Greatest
• Subjects: History, SPORTS & RECREATION / Air Sports, REFERENCE / General, HISTORY / World, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference, HISTORY / Reference, General & world history, Reference works, Anthologies: general, General and world history, Anthologies (non-poetry), Encyclopaedias and reference works, Encyclopaedias & Reference Works, Air sports and recreations, Air Sports & Recreations