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Bruns, James H. TURK BIRD: The High-Flying Life and Times of Eddie Gardner
Washington, D.C. National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution 1998 1891568035 / 9781891568039 First Edition Softcover Very Good
viii, + 104pp., intext, archivally-illustrated, b/white halftone plates, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Subject portrait-illustrated gloss wrapper splayed, nominally edgeworn, with a bumped crease on foot. Supported and enhanced by photographic illustrations held mostly by the Smithsonian Institution, this is the story of one of America's first civil air mail pilots, pioneers who flew 'by the seat of their pants'. Required by the Post Office Department to 'fly or be fired', no matter what the weather, many daring pilots perished. Eddie Gardner, pilot extraordinaire, died following a crash during an aerobatics competition at Holdrege, Nebraska, in May, 1921 . . . Contents include: Prelims., Intro., 14 chapters, Epilogue. Bibliography included on a loosely inserted slip. Book weight approx. 300g. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES.
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