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"An overview of early aviation history...By expanding the scope beyond familiar figures such as the Wright brothers, Goldstone brings the legends behind death-defying acts to life, exploring how competition can lead to innovation....Engaging historical nonfiction. -- ""School Library Journal"" For those who love history, aviation, or stories of great daring, this is pure pleasure. -- ""Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"" In prose as riveting as the developments it investigates, Goldstone covers the history of early aviation...This book enthralls. -- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" Readers will breathlessly follow the race to conquer the sky. -- ""School Library Connection (starred review)"" This look at the early days of the industry highlights the thrill and awe of a watching public as well as the fact that the sky was no longer any sort of boundary. -- ""Booklist"" Written as a series of profiles...makes it eminently suited to audio. Robertson Dean offers an engaging narration, altering his voice slightly to match the tone of the text. He's excited when appropriate and even gravely serious when needed...This is a title for young listeners, but adults will find it engaging and informative -- ""AudioFile"""

In prose as riveting as the developments it investigates, Goldstone covers the history of early aviation...This book enthralls. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) For those who love history, aviation, or stories of great daring, this is pure pleasure. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Readers will breathlessly follow the race to conquer the sky. -- School Library Connection (starred review) This look at the early days of the industry highlights the thrill and awe of a watching public as well as the fact that the sky was no longer any sort of boundary. -- Booklist An overview of early aviation history...By expanding the scope beyond familiar figures such as the Wright brothers, Goldstone brings the legends behind death-defying acts to life, exploring how competition can lead to innovation....Engaging historical nonfiction. -- School Library Journal Written as a series of profiles...makes it eminently suited to audio. Robertson Dean offers an engaging narration, altering his voice slightly to match the tone of the text. He's excited when appropriate and even gravely serious when needed...This is a title for young listeners, but adults will find it engaging and informative -- AudioFile

Written as a series of profiles...makes it eminently suited to audio. Robertson Dean offers an engaging narration, altering his voice slightly to match the tone of the text. He's excited when appropriate and even gravely serious when needed...This is a title for young listeners, but adults will find it engaging and informative -- AudioFile An overview of early aviation history...By expanding the scope beyond familiar figures such as the Wright brothers, Goldstone brings the legends behind death-defying acts to life, exploring how competition can lead to innovation....Engaging historical nonfiction. -- School Library Journal This look at the early days of the industry highlights the thrill and awe of a watching public as well as the fact that the sky was no longer any sort of boundary. -- Booklist Readers will breathlessly follow the race to conquer the sky. -- School Library Connection (starred review) For those who love history, aviation, or stories of great daring, this is pure pleasure. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) In prose as riveting as the developments it investigates, Goldstone covers the history of early aviation...This book enthralls. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Lawrence Goldstone is the author or coauthor of fourteen books of fiction and nonfiction, including Rights, which won a New American Writing Award, and Anatomy of Deception, a New York Times notable mystery. His articles, reviews, and opinion pieces have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and other periodicals. He has appeared on many TV and radio shows, and his work has been profiled in the New York Times, Toronto Star, Salon, and Slate. Robertson Dean has played leading roles on and off Broadway and at dozens of regional theaters throughout the country. He has a BA from Tufts University and an MFA from Yale. His audiobook narration has garnered ten AudioFile Earphones Awards. He now lives in Los Angeles, where he works in film and television in addition to narrating.

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