Mavericks Of The Sky
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Mavericks Of The Sky
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Author : Barry Rosenberg
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2011-05-03
Mavericks Of The Sky written by Barry Rosenberg and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-03 with Transportation categories.
It was the pilots of the U.S. Air Mail service who made it possible for flight to evolve from an impractical and deadly fad to today's worldwide network of airlines. Nicknamed "The Suicide Club," this small but daring cadre of pilots took a fleet of flimsy World War I "Jenny" Biplanes and blazed a trail of sky routes across the country. In the midst of the Jazz Age, they were dashing, group–proud, brazen, and resentful of authority. They were also loyal, determined to prove the skeptics wrong. MAVERICKS OF THE SKY, by Barry Rosenburg and Catherine Macaulay, is a narrative non–fiction account of the crucial, first three years of the air mail service – beginning with the inaugural New York–to–Washington D.C. flight in 1918, through 1921 when aviator Jack Knight was the first to fly across the country at night and furthermore, through a blizzard. In those early years, one out of every four men lost their lives. With the constant threat of weather and mechanical failure and with little instrumentation available, aviators relied on their wits and instincts to keep them out of trouble. MAVERICKS OF THE SKY brings these sagas to life, and tells the story of the extraordinary lives and rivalries of those who single–handedly pulled off the great experiment.
Maverick In The Sky
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
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Aviation adventures are Shirlee Smith Matheson’s specialty. In Maverick in the Sky the author paints a fascinating portrait of flying ace Freddie McCall, one of the most successful fighter pilots of World War I. McCall’s bold spirit might well have been inherited from his clan motto Dulce Periculum – Danger is Sweet. His amazing wartime accomplishments, his extraordinary flying skills, his fiercely independent barnstorming character and his self-reliant entrepreneurial spirit make him one of Canada’s most spectacular mavericks.
Maverick In The Sky
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Author : Shirlee Smith Matheson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Maverick In The Sky written by Shirlee Smith Matheson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Acrobatie aérienne - Canada - Histoire categories.
Montana Mavericks
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Author : Christine Rimmer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Montana Mavericks written by Christine Rimmer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
Montana Mavericks
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Author : Diana Palmer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Montana Mavericks written by Diana Palmer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
Mavericks Of War
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Author : Jason S Ridler
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023-06-14
Mavericks Of War written by Jason S Ridler and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-14 with History categories.
During World War I, Oxford-trained archeologist Lawrence of Arabia used his knowledge of the Middle East to help organize the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire. In this entertaining and insightful book, Jason Ridler profiles the intellectuals, outsiders, and eccentrics who followed in Lawrence’s footsteps across the next hundred years of warfare and who relied on creativity, curiosity, and outside-the-box thinking to shape battlefields from World War II and Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan. They were Ivy Leaguers and Oxford scholars, anthropologists and archeologists, an ad executive, an international activist, a Peace Corps veteran, an émigré journalist (and former teenage member of the French Resistance), a diplomat—mavericks and oddballs, men and women—who, not always heralded or heeded and sometimes hated, challenged traditional military thought and helped win wars, secure peace, and change the face of modern war.
Montana Mavericks
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Author : Laurie Paige
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
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Os X Mavericks The Missing Manual
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Author : David Pogue
language : en
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Release Date : 2013-12-17
Os X Mavericks The Missing Manual written by David Pogue and has been published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc." this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-17 with Computers categories.
What do you get when you cross a Mac with an iPad? OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Its 200 new features include Mac versions of iPad goodies like Maps, iBooks, and iTunes Radio—but not a single page of instructions. Fortunately, David Pogue is back, with the expertise and humor that have made this the #1 bestselling Mac book for over 11 years straight. The important stuff you need to know: Big-ticket changes. Finder tabs. Finder tags. App Nap. iCloud Keychain. iTunes Radio. Maps. iBooks. Automatic app updating. If Apple wrote it, this book covers it. Nips and tucks. This book demystifies the hundreds of smaller enhancements, too, in all 50 programs that come with the Mac: Safari, Mail, Calendar, Notification Center,Messages, Time Machine… Shortcuts. Meet the tippiest, trickiest Mac book ever written. Undocumented surprises await on every page. Power users. Security, networking, build-your-own Services, file sharing with Windows, even Mac OS X’s Unix chassis—this one witty, expert guide makes it all crystal clear. There’s something new on practically every page of this edition, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them.
Neither Snow Nor Rain
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Author : Devin Leonard
language : en
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Release Date : 2016-05-03
Neither Snow Nor Rain written by Devin Leonard and has been published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-03 with History categories.
“[The] book makes you care what happens to its main protagonist, the U.S. Postal Service itself. And, as such, it leaves you at the end in suspense.” —USA Today Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the United States Postal Service was the information network that bound far-flung Americans together, and yet, it is slowly vanishing. Critics say it is slow and archaic. Mail volume is down. The workforce is shrinking. Post offices are closing. In Neither Snow Nor Rain, journalist Devin Leonard tackles the fascinating, centuries-long history of the USPS, from the first letter carriers through Franklin’s days, when postmasters worked out of their homes and post roads cut new paths through the wilderness. Under Andrew Jackson, the post office was molded into a vast patronage machine, and by the 1870s, over seventy percent of federal employees were postal workers. As the country boomed, USPS aggressively developed new technology, from mobile post offices on railroads and airmail service to mechanical sorting machines and optical character readers. Neither Snow Nor Rain is a rich, multifaceted history, full of remarkable characters, from the stamp-collecting FDR, to the revolutionaries who challenged USPS’s monopoly on mail, to the renegade union members who brought the system—and the country—to a halt in the 1970s. “Delectably readable . . . Leonard’s account offers surprises on almost every other page . . . [and] delivers both the triumphs and travails with clarity, wit and heart.” —Chicago Tribune
Air Space Smithsonian
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-04
Air Space Smithsonian written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04 with Aeronautics categories.