The Resource King of the air : the turbulent life of Charles Kingsford Smith, Ann Blainey
King of the air : the turbulent life of Charles Kingsford Smith, Ann Blainey
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The item King of the air : the turbulent life of Charles Kingsford Smith, Ann Blainey represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- Charles Kingsford Smith was the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In three short years, he broke records with his astounding and daring voyages- the first trans-Pacific flight from America to Australia, the first circumnavigation around the equator, the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland. He did it all with such courage, modesty and charm that Australia and the world fell in love with him. A tickertape parade was held in his honour on New York's Fifth Avenue. At home, he became a national hero, 'Our Smithy?. Yet his achievements belied a traumatic past. He had witnessed the horror of World War I - first as a soldier at Gallipoli, later as a combat pilot with the Royal Flying Corps - and, like so many of his generation, he bore physical and emotional scars. The public saw the derring-do; only those close to him knew the anxious man who pushed himself to the edge of health and sanity. In November 1935, Kingsford Smith's plane crashed and he was lost at sea near Burma, his body never to be recovered. This brilliant work from one of Australia's foremost biographers reveals the complicated, tumultuous life of a fascinating figure, who pursued his obsession to the greatest heights of fame and catastrophe
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- EasyRead large edition.
- Extent
- vi, 694 pages (large print)
- Note
-
- Optimized reading formats
- Set in 16 point Verdana
- Copyright page from the original book
- Isbn
- 9780369307057
- Label
- King of the air : the turbulent life of Charles Kingsford Smith
- Title
- King of the air
- Title remainder
- the turbulent life of Charles Kingsford Smith
- Statement of responsibility
- Ann Blainey
- Title variation
- Turbulent life of Charles Kingsford Smith
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Charles Kingsford Smith was the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In three short years, he broke records with his astounding and daring voyages- the first trans-Pacific flight from America to Australia, the first circumnavigation around the equator, the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland. He did it all with such courage, modesty and charm that Australia and the world fell in love with him. A tickertape parade was held in his honour on New York's Fifth Avenue. At home, he became a national hero, 'Our Smithy?. Yet his achievements belied a traumatic past. He had witnessed the horror of World War I - first as a soldier at Gallipoli, later as a combat pilot with the Royal Flying Corps - and, like so many of his generation, he bore physical and emotional scars. The public saw the derring-do; only those close to him knew the anxious man who pushed himself to the edge of health and sanity. In November 1935, Kingsford Smith's plane crashed and he was lost at sea near Burma, his body never to be recovered. This brilliant work from one of Australia's foremost biographers reveals the complicated, tumultuous life of a fascinating figure, who pursued his obsession to the greatest heights of fame and catastrophe
- Cataloging source
- NJB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1935-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Blainey, Ann
- Dewey number
- 629.13
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kingsford-Smith, Charles
- Air pilots
- Aeronautics
- Airplanes
- Air pilots
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- King of the air : the turbulent life of Charles Kingsford Smith, Ann Blainey
- Note
-
- Optimized reading formats
- Set in 16 point Verdana
- Copyright page from the original book
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066183725
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- EasyRead large edition.
- Extent
- vi, 694 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780369307057
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- Label
- King of the air : the turbulent life of Charles Kingsford Smith, Ann Blainey
- Note
-
- Optimized reading formats
- Set in 16 point Verdana
- Copyright page from the original book
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066183725
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- EasyRead large edition.
- Extent
- vi, 694 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780369307057
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
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