America, 1908 : the dawn of flight, the race to the Pole, the invention of the Model T, and the making of a modern nation /

Introduces the year 1908 as a pivotal turning point in American history marked by such events as the first flight and Peary's quest to the North Pole, in an account that explains how each spectacle contributed to the nation's growing dominance as a worldpower

Λεπτομέρειες βιβλιογραφικής εγγραφής
Κύριος συγγραφέας: Rasenberger, Jim (συγγραφέας.)
Μορφή: Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: New York : Scribner, 2007.
Θέματα:
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Part I : Cht. 1. The boy and the machine
  • Cht. 2. Thin ice
  • Cht. 3. Mysteries of the unknown parts
  • Cht. 4. Middle Earth and night riders
  • Cht. 5. Ultima Thule
  • Part II : Cht. 6.The man bird
  • Cht. 7. Heat
  • Cht. 8. The color line
  • Cht. 9.A month of late-summer days
  • Part III. Cht. 10. The certainty of the future
  • Cht. 11. The path of deliverance and safety
  • Cht. 12. The modern definition of life.