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Colonel Cody and the Flying Cathedral Book

Part P.T. Barnum, part Baron Munchausen, part Orville Wright, the bizarre life and accomplishments of "Colonel" Samuel Cody were the stuff that myths are made of.In his early years he worked the same cattle trails as Buffalo Bill, played the same Dodge City roulette tables as Wyatt Earp, and competed with the legendary Annie Oakley for the title of King of the Wild West sharpshooters.But his later life took a startling turn.After taking his Wild West act to Europe, Cody became a passionate kite-builder and flyer, fashioning many of the earliest man-carrying kites, breaking aeronautical records, and at the apex of his career, inventing a vast airplane dubbed "the Flying Cathedral."With it, Cody went on to become the first man to fly in Britain.Garry Jenkins has assembled an astonishing story, of an eccentric and perhaps unknowable man who has escaped the annals of our history books.With COLONEL CODY AND THE FLYING CATHEDRAL, Jenkins has not only resurrected a fascinating figure from our past; he has illuminated what constitutes the very spirit of limitless achievement, of grand dreams, of those dreams realized.Read More

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  • 0312241801
  • 9780312241803
  • Garry Jenkins
  • 1 June 2000
  • St. Martin's Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 276
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