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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas Kessner (Distinguished Professor of History, Distinguished Professor of History, CUNY, Graduate Center)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 15.00cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780195320190ISBN 10: 0195320190 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 02 September 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsEditor's Note Introduction 1. Early Life 2. The Flight 3. A Hero's Reception 4. America Flies 5. Lindbergh and Celebrity Culture Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes IndexReviewsIn Capital City, Kessner has achieved for his subject what James McPherson accomplished for the Civil War. Wall Street Journal Graceful and lucid. Mike Wallace, co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winner Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 lucid, enjoyable book. Literary Review Kessner is measured and precise in his telling of this hubristic tale, and approaches the hero myth analytically. Lily Ford, TLS Never-less-than-absorbing. Peter Burton, Daily Express The book is an ideal companion to the aviator's own autobiography. Lily Ford, TLS Kessner's book is...an engaging, balanced account of a time when flight promised a better future . Financial Times Author InformationThomas Kessner is Distinguished Professor of History at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author of many books, including Capital City: New York City and the Men Behind America's Rise to Dominance, 1860-1900 and Fiorello H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York, which was a New York Times Notable Book. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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