Smithy: The Life of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith by Ian Mackersey
$20.00
Ian Mackersey's biography explores the achievements and personal life of pioneering aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Alongside the record-setting flights that made him famous, it examines the pressures behind his public reputation and his disappearance near Burma in 1935. Illustrated with photographs.
Book details
- Author: Ian Mackersey
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Publication year: 1998
- Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
- Language: English
- Pages: 416
- ISBN-10: 0316643084
- ISBN-13: 9780316643085
Condition
Dust jacket has light rubbing and edge wear, with creasing at the head of the spine. The opening pages are lightly age-toned.
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, BIOGRAPHY, NON-FICTION BOOKS, PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES, VINTAGE BOOKS
Type: NON FICTION
Category: A0012, AUSTRALIAN HISTORY, AVIATION, BIOGRAPHY, BOOKS, CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH, IAN MACKERSEY, NON FICTION, VINTAGE BOOKS
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