num_pages: 328
description: This elegantly written, copiously illustrated book presents the first cultural history of the pioneering phase of aviation. Robert Wohl`s fascinating story describes Wilbur Wright and other colorful early aeronauts, aces such as Baron von Richthofen, and the enthusiastic responses to the implications of aviation by such writers and artists as H. G. Wells, Franz Kafka, Kazimir Malevich, Robert Delaunay, Gabriele D`Annunzio, and Emile Driant.
language: English
title: A Passion for Wings: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1908 - 1918
titlecomplete: A Passion for Wings: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1908 - 1918
characters: Roland Garros, Louis Blériot, Georges Guynemer, Robert Delaunay, H.G. Wells, Oswald Boelcke, Vasily Kamensky, Edmond Rostand, Manfred von Richthofen, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Wilbur Wright, Kazimir Malevich, Gabriele D'Annunzio
genres: Aviation, History
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Yale University Press