"Colonel" Cody and the flying cathedral : the adventures of the cowboy who conquered Britain's skies
Jenkins, Garry1999
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Part Barnum, part Baron Munchausen, part Orville Wright, part Zelig, Cody cut one of the most colourful and controversial figures of his age. He was the first man to fly in England, and the nation mourned when his seaplane broke and killed him.
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London : Simon & Schuster, 1999.
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xiv, 274p. : ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 23 cm.
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Includes index.
ISBN:
9780684860251 (hbk)
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BIO: CODY
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English
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BRN:
105661
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