War Bird The Life and Times of Elliott White Springs |
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| Author:
| Davis, Burke |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-6528-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the first biography of Elliott White Springs (1896-1959), who was fifth-ranking US pilot of World War I, best-selling author, advertising genius, and maverick master of a textile manufacturing empire. War Birds, his masterpiece, inspired many books and films on the youth of World War I and the twenties. During the depression, Springs expanded the family textile mills in South Carolina, as others were retrenching, and made Springmaid sheets and the Springmaid girls household words.
This is the first biography of Elliott White Springs (1896-1959), who was fifth-ranking US pilot of World War I, best-selling author, advertising genius, and maverick master of a textile manufacturing empire. War Birds, his masterpiece, inspired many books and films on the youth of World War I and the twenties. During the depression, Springs expanded the family textile mills in South Carolina, as others were retrenching, and made Springmaid sheets and the Springmaid girls household words.