Charles Kingsford Smith And Those Magnificent Men

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 679 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Known to millions of Australians simply as ‘Smithy, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was one of Australias true twentieth-century legends. In an era in which aviators were superstars, Smithy was among the greatest and, throughout his amazing career, his fame in Australia was matched only by that of Don Bradman. Among other achievements, Kingsford Smith was the first person to fly across the Pacific, he broke the record for the fastest flight from England to Australia, and at one point he held more long-distance flying records than anyone else on the planet. If that wasnt enough, Smithy was also a war hero, receiving the Military Cross for gallantry in action after being shot - and losing three toes - during one of many flying missions during World War I. Smithy was not the lone adventurer of the skies. Early aviation drew to it a company of daredevils who all challenged gravity and fear.This comprehensive biography, written with typical flair by bestselling author Peter FitzSimons, covers the triumphs and tragedies of not only Kingsford Smiths daring and controversial life but also those of his companion aviators. Peter FitzSimons is the author of nearly twenty books - including biographies of Les Darcy, Nancy Wake, Kim Beazley, Nene King, Nick Farr-Jones, Steve Waugh and John Eales - and was Australias bestselling non-fiction writer in 2001 and 2004. Peter FitzSimons is a journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun?Herald. He is the author of nearly twenty books — including Tobruk and biographies of Nancy Wake‚ Kim Beazley‚ Nene King‚ Nick Farr?Jones‚ Steve Waugh and John Eales — and was Australias bestselling non?fiction writer in 2001 and 2004.

ISBN: 9780732284879