Early Birds
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: Tanning and foxing
The dawn of aviation in Australia was a time of daring dreamers, fragile machines, and breathtaking courage — and Early Birds captures this era with vivid immediacy. H. C. Miller chronicles the pioneering men and women who defied gravity and convention to take to the skies in the earliest days of flight, painting a rich portrait of ambition, ingenuity, and the distinctly Australian spirit of frontier adventure. Set against the vast and unforgiving landscape of a young nation, the book details the remarkable feats, near-disasters, and hard-won triumphs of those who first conquered the air. Miller writes with the authority of a dedicated historian and the warmth of a storyteller deeply invested in his subjects, drawing on firsthand accounts and period detail to bring these forgotten heroes back to life. Early Birds stands as a significant contribution to the record of Australian aviation and national history, illuminating how a handful of audacious individuals helped shape the modern world from the cockpits of their rattling, canvas-winged machines. For anyone fascinated by the intersection of human daring and technological progress, this is a story that will leave you wondering just how far one leap of faith can take a nation.
Author: H. C. Miller
Format: Hardback
Published: 1968, Rigby Limited
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
The dawn of aviation in Australia was a time of daring dreamers, fragile machines, and breathtaking courage — and Early Birds captures this era with vivid immediacy. H. C. Miller chronicles the pioneering men and women who defied gravity and convention to take to the skies in the earliest days of flight, painting a rich portrait of ambition, ingenuity, and the distinctly Australian spirit of frontier adventure. Set against the vast and unforgiving landscape of a young nation, the book details the remarkable feats, near-disasters, and hard-won triumphs of those who first conquered the air. Miller writes with the authority of a dedicated historian and the warmth of a storyteller deeply invested in his subjects, drawing on firsthand accounts and period detail to bring these forgotten heroes back to life. Early Birds stands as a significant contribution to the record of Australian aviation and national history, illuminating how a handful of audacious individuals helped shape the modern world from the cockpits of their rattling, canvas-winged machines. For anyone fascinated by the intersection of human daring and technological progress, this is a story that will leave you wondering just how far one leap of faith can take a nation.