First to Fly: The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille, the American Heroes Who Flew for France in World War I

by Charles Bracelen Flood

Book Overview

If the Wright brothers' 1903 flights in Kitty Hawk marked the birth of aviation, World War I can be called its violent adolescence--a brief but bloody era that completely changed the way planes were... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802123651
• ISBN13: 9780802123657
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.4"