The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings AUTH-13416987 the North Platte Canteen welcomed

the North Platte Canteen welcomed thousands of service members en route to war on troop trains

he is cocreator of the prize-winning graphic adaptation of Paul Auster's City of Glass

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and he edited the anthology Where Legends Ride: New Tales of the Old West

The Airplane: How Ideas Gave Us Wings AUTH-13416987 the North Platte Canteen welcomedThe Airplane by aerospace industry writer Jay Spencer, former assistant curator of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum and the Museum of Flight in Seattle, is the definitive history of how we invented and refined the amazing flying machines that enabled humankind to defy gravity. A fascinating true account certain to enthrall and delight aviation and technology buffs, The Airplane is lavishly illustrated with more than 100 photographs and is