Zeppelin!
Subtitle: Germany and the Airship, 1900-1939
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: December 4, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780801867347
Subjects: Aircraft: general interest; European history: from c 1900 -; History of engineering & technology; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; c 1900 - c 1914; Germany; Zeppelin, Ferdinand,; Aircraft; Transportation; History - General History; Science/Mathematics; Graf von,; Aviation - History; Europe - Germany; History / Europe / General; Zeppelin, Ferdinand; Airships; Aviation - General; Scientists - General; 1838-1917; History
First sentence: EARLY ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1928, NEAR THE southern German town of Friedrichshafen, several hundred men gently pulled a giant dirigible, the brand-new LZ 127, from its shed.