Jet Age by Sam Howe Verhovek
Explores the advent of the first generation of jet airliners and the people who designed, built, and flew them. This title vividly re-creates the race between two nations, two global airlines, and two rival teams of brilliant engineers for bragging rights to the first jet service across the Atlantic Ocean in 1958.
"Breezy and fact-filled history..Mr. Verhovek spins a fine yarn that includes big money, war, sex and power." — The Wall Street Journal
"Jet Age is a page-turning detective story with characters as finely drawn as those in a work of fiction, and infused with an infectious sense of wonder that drove ordinary men and women to reach for extraordinary heights." — The New York Times
"Jet Age is a page-turning detective story with characters as finely drawn as those in a work of fiction, and infused with an infectious sense of wonder that drove ordinary men and women to reach for extraordinary heights." — The New York Times
Sam Howe Verhovek has been a reporter for The New York Times and Los Angeles Times for more than twenty-five years. His assignments have taken him around the globe, to riots in India, the war in Iraq, and the longest school bus ride in America. He lives in Seattle.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781583334362 |
| ISBN 10 | 158333436X |
| Title | Jet Age |
| Author | Sam Howe Verhovek |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Avery Publishing Group Inc.,U.S. |
| Year published | 2011-08-02 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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