First to Fly: North Carolina and the Beginnings of Aviation
by Parramore, Thomas C
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0807826766
- ISBN 13
- 9780807826768
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press (2002).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. xiii, 372 pages. Illustrated. Bibliography. Index. Inscribed by the author. "A delight of Thomas C. Parramore's First to Fly is its movement from one good story to another, its lack of aeronautical jargon, and its dependence on character and tale to offer engaging history." - Clyde Edgerton
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- Title
- First to Fly: North Carolina and the Beginnings of Aviation
- Author
- Parramore, Thomas C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0807826766
- ISBN 13
- 9780807826768
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press (2002).
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, NC
- This edition first published
- December 2, 2001
- Keywords
- History, Aviation, Airplane, Pilot, North Carolina, The Wright Brothers
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICAN HISTORY;
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