The Winged Gospel
Subtitle: America's Romance with Aviation
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: May 17, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780801869624
Subjects: Aerospace & aviation technology; Aircraft: general interest; History of engineering & technology; Social history; United States; History; Transportation; USA; United States - General; Aviation - History; History / United States / General; Aeronautics; Aeronautics and civilization; Social aspects
First sentence: Through the heat and humidity of late summer, 1908, tens of thousands of people converged on Ft. Myer, Virginia, not far from the nation's capital.