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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gavin Mortimer |
| ISBN: | 080271711X 9780802717115 |
| OCLC Number: | 259266814 |
| Description: | 305 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., plan ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | It's Europe or bust -- Let's stick by the ship -- A sort of bleeding to death -- Will launch lifeboats and trust to you -- We are in bad country and grave danger -- Progress slow and exhausting -- Wait until Orville comes -- An epoch-making event -- Tears started to our eyes -- A death trap -- Here are two men in a boat --Are you these gentlemen? -- There's always a chimney for a man to hang on to -- I'll be able to give the Wrights a good race -- I'm not hurt much but I want a long rest -- It isn't true, it can't be true! -- My disgust at this betrayal. |
| Responsibility: | Gavin Mortimer. |
Abstract:
By 1910, America and the world had been transfixed by the danger and challenge of mastering the air. "Chasing Icarus" captures both a pivotal moment in the history of aviation and the end of a gilded era that would soon be devastated by World War I. 24 b&w photographs.
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