num_pages: 261
description: A lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched overview of the aerospace giants first century.  Aviation Week Over the course of a century the Boeing Company grew from a small outfit operating out of a converted boathouseproducing a single pontoon plane made from canvas and woodinto the worlds largest aerospace company. The thrilling story of the celebrated organization is filled with ambition ingenuity and a passion to exceed expectations. In this extensively illustrated book Pulitzer Prizenominated author Russ Banham recounts the tale of a company and an industry like no otherone that has put men on the moon defended the free world and changed the way we live.  Higher ably commemorates Boeings enduring achievement gliding nimbly through its triumphs of design engineering and manufacture and not least its memorable contributions to wars won.  The Wall Street Journal
language: English
title: Higher: 100 Years of Boeing
publisher: Chronicle Books LLC