Terence FitzSimons

The Unfortunate Endeavours of Charles Henry Brown

Aeronaut 1827-1870

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This is the biography of a pioneer aeronaut, Charles Henry Brown, whose life-long obsession with aerostation took him from his native Great Britain to Australia and India. The story of his quest for recognition is deeply researched, while being told in an anti-generic mode - imagined dialogue, play scripts and speculative interventions. To date Brown's story has not been told in any great detail, and in the few instances where his achievements have been noted the records are marred by inaccuracies. While the story is prima facie an historical biography it also highlights the travail and frustrations faced by the early aviation pioneers - in a… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-0343-1930-0
EAN: 9783034319300
Produktnummer: 19840769
Verlag: Peter Lang
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 246 S.
Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.7 cm 499 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 499

Über den Autor

Terence FitzSimons is an honorary Research Fellow at Federation University Australia, and an honorary historian with The Sovereign Hill Museums Association, an affiliate institute of the university. His research interests are centred on Victorian social history.