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| #3628693 in Books | 1998-09-21 | 1998-09-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .64 x5.51 x7.85l, | File type: PDF | 160 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| delightful little confection|By A Customer|Like the previous reviewer, I agree that the writing is simple and there is a lack of depth in the presentation. However, unlike the previous reviewer, I don't believe that that spoils the project. This little volume was meant as a general intro to a subject with many chapters and even more footnotes. For readers with just a passing||Compact, written in short paragraphs and spare sentences, this brief volume tells the story of the Brazilian-born balloonist and aviator who during the first decade of the century was believed to be, and widely celebrated as, the first man to fly. It amounts t
"This is not a history of flight. Nor even of ballooning. It is the story of one small, courageous, stubborn, stylish, and ultimately tragic man. It is not so much a story of science as a story of dreams" (from the Author's Note). It was for Alberto Santos-Dumont, who could not check his pocket watch because he was using both hands to steer the balloon, that Louis Cartier, in 1901, created the first wristwatch. The youngest son of a Brazilian millionaire, he grew up on a...
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