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Wallace O. Chariton explores the great Texas airship adventure from beginning to end and retells the story exactly as it unfolded in 1897.
Synopsis
For several weeks in 1897, something strange was going on in Texas. Even though it was six years before the Wright brothers' famous flight, a flying object was seen from the Red River to the Rio Grande. Some people thought an unknown inventor had solved the problem of "overhead transportation", but many more thought the excitement was nothing but a hoax. The author explores the great Texas airship adventure from beginning to end using actual news stories from the period as evidence. The text is supported by numerous original newspaper illustrations so the reader can see the story unfold exactly as it did in 1897.