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Dr. Eckener's Dream Machine : The Great Zeppelin and the Dawn of Air Travel by Douglas Botting (2001, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHolt & Company, Henry

ISBN-100805064583

ISBN-139780805064582

eBay Product ID (ePID)1674908

Product Key Features

Book TitleDr. Eckener's Dream Machine : the Great Zeppelin and the Dawn of Air Travel

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCultural Heritage, Aviation / General, Modern / 20th Century, History, Business

Publication Year2001

IllustratorYes

FeaturesRevised

GenreTransportation, Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorDouglas Botting

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight24 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Decimal629.133

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisA richly detailed history of the opulent age of the zeppelin and the visionary builder behind the great airship, Dr. Hugo Eckener It wasn't the airplane that first romanced the public's imagination at the dawn of the twentieth century , but the great airships known as dirigibles, or zeppelins. Championing this great leap into the technological future was a visionary German entrepreneur, Doctor Hugo Eckener. For Eckener, the development of the airship, especially coming in the aftermath of the First World War, represented an opportunity to shrink the world through safe and speedy international travel. Botting's engrossing story vividly recaptures the spirit of the times, when new technologies in communication, transportation, manufacturing and other areas were revolutionizing society. The great airships were a source of wonder wherever they flew, and Eckener was likened to Christopher Columbus, hailed around the world as the great explorer of his day, not unlike the astronauts would be a few generations later. From its utitlitarian beginnings in the Great War, the airship reached its apotheosis with the round-the-world flight of the Graf Zeppelin in 1929. Seventeen years after the voyage of the Titanic, this great airship- twice as big and three times as fast as that ill-fated liner-captured the world's attention and seemed to blaze a path to the future. That future, of course, was not to be, as Eckener's dream evaporated soon after, with the destruction of the Hindenburg and the impending success of the airplane.

LC Classification NumberTL547