On the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the other man who was once hailed worldwide as the conqueror of the air--Alberto Santos-Dumont. Because the Wright brothers worked in secrecy, word of their...
Now in paperback, an "unforgettably good book told] with compassion and sympathy" (Simon Winchester, New York Times) about an eccentric aviator and the thrilling early days of flight. From Paul Hoffman, the acclaimed author of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, comes...
The story of man?s struggle to fly is full of larger-than-life personalities, but none was so eccentric & so entertaining as Alberto Santos-Dumont, the Brazilian 'father of aviation?. He was the darling of the international press in the first decade of the 20th century, hopping...