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The Free Life: The Spirit of Courage, Folly, and Obsession Hardback - 1994

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Author: Smith, Anthony
ISBN: 9780916366957

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Anthony Smith, noted science and travel writer (The Body, Mato Grosso, The Dangerous Sort), explorer, and lighter-than-air enthusiast, asks why humans follow such improbable impulses. His own appetites for adventure--including a motorcycle trip through Africa and ballooning across the Alps--have put him at the receiving end of innumerable mishaps. He weaves his thoughts about endeavor around the doomed 1970 flight of The Free Life from East Hampton, New York--a symbol of the end of an era and of the human longing for the unknown.

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Title The Free Life: The Spirit of Courage, Folly, and Obsession
Author Anthony Smith
Binding Hardback
Edition First Edition
Pages 318
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Pushcart Press, Wainscott, Ny:
Publication date December 1994
ISBN 9780916366957 / 0916366952
Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
Dimensions 8.6 x 5.9 x 1.2 in (21.84 x 14.99 x 3.05 cm)
Category History - General History
Library of Congress subjects Transatlantic flights, Anderson, Pamela Brown
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 94067425
Dewey Decimal Code 629.130

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