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pp. 304, b/w photographs, “Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers is a thrilling, hilarious, and often touching chronicle of these obsessive inventors and eccentric daredevils. It traces the story of winged flight from its doomed early pioneers to their glorious high-tech descendants, who?e at last conquered gravity (sometimes, anyway). Michael Abrams gives us a brilliant bird?-eye view of what it? like to fly with wings. And then, inevitably, to fall.”
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| ISBN | 1400054915 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9781400054916 | |
| Number of pages | 304 | |
| Original Title | Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers: Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them | |
| Published Date | 2006 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | Very Good | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | New York | |
| Edition | First Edition | |
| Category: | History | |
| Author: | Michael Abrams | |
| Publisher: | Crown Publishing Group |
pp. 304, b/w photographs, “Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers is a thrilling, hilarious, and often touching chronicle of these obsessive inventors and eccentric daredevils. It traces the story of winged flight from its doomed early pioneers to their glorious high-tech descendants, who?e at last conquered gravity (sometimes, anyway). Michael Abrams gives us a brilliant bird?-eye view of what it? like to fly with wings. And then, inevitably, to fall.”
| Weight | 1.1 kg |
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