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The Winged Gospel: America's Romance with Aviation
by Joseph J. Corn

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Author: Joseph J. Corn
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-05-17
ISBN: 0801869625
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press

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Book Review: The early days of aviation
Summary: 4 Stars

The Winged Gospel reconstructs America's first era of manned flight and brings back to life the famous and lesser-known aviators who became the nation's heroes: Charles Lindbergh, whose achievement was a great event of the 20s... Amelia Eahrhardt, one of the many women aces... Calbraith Rogers, who made the first transcontinental flight, surviving a dozen crashes, a broken arm and collarbone, and a score of wounds caused by the metal fragments of an exploded engine... And many others. The book provides a vivid picture of America in the first half of the century-its aspirations and concerns-as expressed in the exuberant and often utopian response to a major new technology.

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