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Roscoe Turner

Aviation's Master Showman

Roscoe Turner( )
Author: Glines, Carroll V.
Foreword by: Doolittle, James H.
Series title:Smithsonian History of Aviation Ser.
ISBN:978-1-56098-798-7
Publication Date:Oct 1999
Publisher:Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $19.95
Book Description:

His name was synonymous with speed, his flamboyant persona as carefully crafted as that of a Hollywood star. Born in Corinth, Mississippi, in 1895, Joe Turner was an aerial showman, an audacious risk taker, and a tireless self-promoter who focused America's attention well into the 1960s on the potential of aviation for the common good. With complete access to Turner's personal papers, photographs, and memorabilia, biographer Carroll V. Glines presents the first full account of the life...
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Book Details
Pages:340
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Aviation & Nautical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 8.9 x 1.01 Inches
Book Weight:1.175 Pounds



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