To Conquer The Air

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PRAISE FOR TO CONQUER THE AIR "Whether judged in terms of scholarship or writing, this is an outstanding narrative of the Wright brothers' and their competitors' race to ily. The story is compelling in itself, yet this book is larger than that story alone. It explores man's dreams, and what is required to transform a dream into reality. And it is a book that teaches us about heroism-not the kind that comes from a surge of adrenaline but the heroism that determines how one lives." -John Barry, author of Rising Tíde: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927and How It Changed America "James Tobin explains with meticulous clarity the mysteries of nature and the challenges of technology that vexed the Wright brothers' pursuit of machine-powered flight. He alsó telis the riveting tale of their fevered rivalry with the imperious head of the Smithsonian Institution, Sámuel Pierpont Langley, with fabled inventor Alexander Graham Bell, and with the brash daredevil Glenn Curtiss. How two homespun... Tovább

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PRAISE FOR TO CONQUER THE AIR "Whether judged in terms of scholarship or writing, this is an outstanding narrative of the Wright brothers' and their competitors' race to ily. The story is compelling in itself, yet this book is larger than that story alone. It explores man's dreams, and what is required to transform a dream into reality. And it is a book that teaches us about heroism-not the kind that comes from a surge of adrenaline but the heroism that determines how one lives." -John Barry, author of Rising Tíde: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927and How It Changed America "James Tobin explains with meticulous clarity the mysteries of nature and the challenges of technology that vexed the Wright brothers' pursuit of machine-powered flight. He alsó telis the riveting tale of their fevered rivalry with the imperious head of the Smithsonian Institution, Sámuel Pierpont Langley, with fabled inventor Alexander Graham Bell, and with the brash daredevil Glenn Curtiss. How two homespun Midwestern tinkerers prevailed against such formidable competitors in the race to achieve the miracle of flight is a tale as thrilling as it is inspirational. An utterly engrossing read." -Dávid M. Kennedy, author of Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945, winner of the Pulitzer Prize "To Conquer the Air differs from all previous books on the Wright brothers in that their rivals in the race for flight emerge from the background, full-bodied and three-dimensional for the first time. It will be many years before a livelier, more readable history of the invention of the airplane makes an appearance." -Fred Howard, author of Wűbur and Orville: A Biography ofthe Wright Brothers '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 ofthe strange, visionary, obsessed, and difficult men who battled one another to claim it in their name."-Ron Powers, co-author of Flags ofOur Fathers Vissza