|
|
Browse and Compare Price at 40+ Sites and 20,000+ Stores!!
| | FAQ/About us | Recommend us | Browse | Memo | Book Reviews | Random Quotes | Help | |
 |
Find more info., search and price compare for Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight by Paul Hoffman Binding: Paperback, 384 pages Publisher: Hyperion Weight: 0.75 pound Dimension: H: 0.94 x L: 7.87 x W: 5.28 inches ISBN 10: 0786885718 ISBN 13: 9780786885718 Click here to search for this book and compare price at 40+ bookstores with AddALL.com! If you cannot find this book in our new and in print search, be sure to try our used and out of print search too! |
Book Description: >From Paul Hoffman, the acclaimed author of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, comes this engaging true story of the man who was once hailed worldwide as the conqueror of the air Alberto Santos Dumont. Because the Wright brothers worked in secrecy, word of their first flights had not reached Europe when Santos Dumont took to the skies in 1906. The dashing and impeccably dressed aeronaut stunned and delighted Paris, barhopping around the city in a one man dirigible he invented, circling above crowds and crashing into rooftops. Yet Santos Dumont was a frenzied genius tortured by the weight of his own creation. Wings of Madness is a riveting, brilliantly told story of this tormented man who helped to usher in the modern age and who epitomized the increasingly tortured spirit of the twentieth century it is elegant, fascinating, and deeply moving. |
| Home | FAQ/About us | Link to us | Recommend us | Contact us | Bookstores | Memo |
[ For web hosting, AddALL recommend Liquidweb]