Andy
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Long before the age of commercial aviation transformed the world, one man dared to tame the vast and unforgiving Australian skies — Andy tells the extraordinary true story of Sir Alan Anderson, a pioneering aviator whose ambition and courage helped shape the early history of flight in Australia. Set against the sweeping landscapes of the continent's remote interior and the frenetic energy of the early twentieth century, Geoffrey Dutton's biography chronicles the life of a man who staked everything on the dream of connecting a nation by air, battling mechanical failure, hostile terrain, and a society only beginning to comprehend the possibilities of the aeroplane. Dutton, one of Australia's most celebrated men of letters, brings both scholarly rigour and lyrical grace to this portrait of a forgotten pioneer, situating Anderson's life within the broader cultural and political currents of his era. His prose is authoritative yet warmly human, ensuring that the technical feats of early aviation never overshadow the flesh-and-blood man at the story's centre. For anyone captivated by stories of courage, nation-building, and the sheer audacity it takes to be first, Andy poses the irresistible question: how many other heroes has history simply left behind?
Author: Geoffrey Dutton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1968
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Long before the age of commercial aviation transformed the world, one man dared to tame the vast and unforgiving Australian skies — Andy tells the extraordinary true story of Sir Alan Anderson, a pioneering aviator whose ambition and courage helped shape the early history of flight in Australia. Set against the sweeping landscapes of the continent's remote interior and the frenetic energy of the early twentieth century, Geoffrey Dutton's biography chronicles the life of a man who staked everything on the dream of connecting a nation by air, battling mechanical failure, hostile terrain, and a society only beginning to comprehend the possibilities of the aeroplane. Dutton, one of Australia's most celebrated men of letters, brings both scholarly rigour and lyrical grace to this portrait of a forgotten pioneer, situating Anderson's life within the broader cultural and political currents of his era. His prose is authoritative yet warmly human, ensuring that the technical feats of early aviation never overshadow the flesh-and-blood man at the story's centre. For anyone captivated by stories of courage, nation-building, and the sheer audacity it takes to be first, Andy poses the irresistible question: how many other heroes has history simply left behind?