Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers: Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them
by Michael Abrams
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400054915
- ISBN 13
- 9781400054916
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 304, b/w photographs, ""Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers is a thrilling, hilarious, and often touching chronicle of these obsessive inventors and eccentric daredevils. It traces the story of winged flight from its doomed early pioneers to their glorious high-tech descendants, who?e at last conquered gravity (sometimes, anyway). Michael Abrams gives us a brilliant bird?-eye view…
Synopsis
Michael Abrams is a writer based in New York City who has written for Discover magazine, Wired , and Forbes FYI among other publications. He has jumped out of a plane twice, neither time with wings. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- The Edmonton Book Store (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 119968
- Title
- Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers: Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them
- Author
- Michael Abrams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1400054915
- ISBN 13
- 9781400054916
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8vo
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