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Lawrence Goldstone

Birdmen

The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies

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From acclaimed historian Lawrence Goldstone comes a thrilling narrative of courage, determination, and competition: the story of the intense rivalry that fueled the rise of American aviation. The feud between this nation's great air pioneers, the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss, was a collision of unyielding and profoundly American personalities. On one side, a pair of tenacious siblings who together had solved the centuries-old riddle of powered, heavier-than-air flight. On the other, an audacious motorcycle racer whose innovative aircraft became synonymous in the public mind with death-defying stunts. For more than a decade, they battl… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-345-53805-5
  • EAN: 9780345538055
  • Produktnummer: 19401998
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 448 S.
  • Masse: H20.7 cm x B14.2 cm x D3.0 cm 337 g
  • Gewicht: 337

Über den Autor


Lawrence Goldstone is the author or co-author of fourteen books of fiction and nonfiction, most recently Lefty: An American Odyssey. One of his novels won a New American Writing Award, another was a New York Times notable mystery. His work has been profiled in The New York Times, the Toronto Star, Salon, and Slate, among others. He lives on Long Island with his wife and daughter.

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