A Dream of Wings

Americans and the Airplane, 1875-1905

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Author:

Crouch, Tom D.

ISBN:

978-0-393-32227-9

Publication Date:

Jan 2010

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

AUD $40.95

Book Description:

The story of the talented American engineers and adventurers who labored to conquer gravity in a flying machine.

Book Details

Pages:	350
Detailed Subjects:	Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	1.4 x 2.11 x 0.23 cm
Book Weight:	0.447 Kilograms

Author Biography

Crouch, Tom D. (Author)

Tom D. Crouch is an aeronautics historian and curator. Crouch attended Ohio University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1966. He also attended Miami University and received a Master of Arts degree in history there in 1968. He later earned a Ph.D in history from the Ohio State University in 1976. In 2001 the Wright State University awarded him with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

Crouch is the author books and many articles, primarily on topics related to the history of flight technology. Crouch was awarded a 1989 Christopher Award for his book The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright. In 2005 he won the AIAA Gardner-Lasser Literature Prize for the book Wings: A History of Aviation From Kites to the Space Age.

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