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Wings of Madness : Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight by Paul Hoffman (2003, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherGrand Central Publishing

ISBN-100786866594

ISBN-139780786866595

eBay Product ID (ePID)1775288

Product Key Features

Book TitleWings of Madness : Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight

Number of Pages380 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

TopicPersonal Memoirs, General, Historical, Science & Technology

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorPaul Hoffman

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight19.2 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-032806

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromEighth Grade

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal629.13/0092

SynopsisOn the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the other 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, impeccably dressed inventor entertained Paris with his airborne antics--barhopping in a little dirigible that he tied to lampposts, circling above crowds around the Eiffel Tower, and crashing into rooftops. A man celebrated, even pursued by the press in Paris, London, and New York, Santos-Dumont dined regularly with the Cartiers, the Rothschilds, and the Roosevelts. But beneath his lively public exterior, Santos-Dumont was a frenzied genius tortured by the weight of his own creation. Wings of Madness chronicles the science and history of early aviation and offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of an extraordinary and tormented man, vividly depicting the sights and sounds of turn-of-the-century Paris. It is a book that will do for aviation what The Man Who Loved Only Numbers did for mathematics.

LC Classification NumberTL540.S25H642003