The Pulitzer Air Races American Aviation And Speed Supremacy 19201925
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780786471003
Description: "This book about the Pulitzer Trophy Air Races highlights businessmen, generals and admirals who saw racing as a way to drive aviation progress, designers and manufacturers who produced record-breaking racers, and dashing pilots. It emphasizes roles played by host communities and analyzes the Pulitzers' importance and why their story has languished in obscurity for 85 years"--