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Art Smith : pioneer aviator / Rachel S. Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roberts, Rachel Sherwood, 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Smith, Art, 1890-1926.
- Smith, Art.
- Air pilots--United States--Biography.
- Air pilots.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2003]
- Summary:
- In 1910, aviator and stunt-pilot Art Smith was as celebrated as any Hollywood star might be today. He glamourized and popularized flying while testing the boundaries of aeronautic principles. Drawing from Smith's own autobiographical writings, this biography is also an account of events in early aviation.
- Contents:
- 1 Blue Skies
- 1909 5
- 2 The Mortgage
- 1910 12
- 3 The "Smash-up Kid"
- 1910 22
- 4 The Birdboy
- 1910 28
- 5 Midwestern Flights
- 1911 34
- 6 New Heights
- 1911 41
- 7 Not on Calhoun Street
- 1912 48
- 8 Elopement
- 1912 55
- 9 Hometown Celebrity
- 1913 63
- 10 Fame
- 1913-1914 70
- 11 The San Francisco Exposition
- 1915 77
- 12 King of the Air
- 1915 85
- 13 San Diego, Other Towns, and Headlines
- 1915 95
- 14 A Celebrity in Japan
- 1916 106
- 15 Scandal, Surgery, and Business
- 1916-1917 120
- 16 A Second Trip to Japan
- 1917 125
- 17 World War I and Military Preparedness
- 1917-1921 134
- 18 The Mail Service and Ohio Lights
- 1921-1926 141
- 19 Tributes
- 1926-1928 146
- 20 Smith Field and Beyond
- 1926 to the Present 154
- 21 An Unknown Love
- 1995 161
- 22 Letters
- 1923-1926 166.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786416467
- OCLC:
- 52251229
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