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Writing the heavenly frontier : metaphor, geography, and flight autobiography in America 1927-1954 /

Writing the Heavenly Frontier celebrates the early voices of the air as it examines the sky as a metaphorical and political landscape. While flight histories usually focus on the physical dangers of early aviation, this book introduces the figurative liabilities of ascension. Early pilot-writers not...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Turner, Denice H., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.
Colección:Costerus ; new ser., v. 187.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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