The Riddle of Richard Pearse

Stock Code:
BAC7674
Price:
$30.00

Description

The Riddle of Richard Pearse by Gordon Ogilvie. ' The Story of New Zealand's Pioneer Aviator and Inventor by Gordon Ogilvie. One Hundredth Anniversary Edition. The Riddle of Richard Pearse is a story as perplexing and poignant as anything from the world of fiction. A self-taught backyard mechanic from a remote New Zealand farm, Richard Pearse was not only among the first to leave the ground in a flying machine, but was conducting his early experiments at the same time as the Wright Brothers. Though the Wrights were clearly the first to achieve sustained and controlled powered flight, the question of whether or not Pearse beat them into the air remains an open issue.' The book has light general wear with some small creases on the covers but overall a tight and bright copy.

Details

  • Author:
    Ogilvie, Gordon
  • Book Condition:
    Near Fine
  • Publisher:
    Reed Publishing
  • Edition:
    Fourth Revised
  • Binding:
    Soft Cover
  • Location:
    Y1
  • ISBN:
    0790003295
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    264
  • Publish Date:
    2003
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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