ROSCOE TURNER (Smithsonian History of Aviation Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (934 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1560984562 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 340 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Delia A. Jones said History but also great Genealogy Book. Roscoe Turner was my grandfathers cousin so naturally I have been very interested in this book. It has a lot of family pictures in it and I use it for genealogy as well as history. I have read the entire book and found it very interesting and well written with a ton of pictures. I would recomend this book and have purchased quite a few of them for gifts.If you don't like to read, the pictures are worth the purchase. I like to read but even I had to put it down and come back to it. Not a book you can read at one sitting unless you are a speed reader and that would come in handy for this book but I wanted to s. Five Stars Well written biography on a remarkable character.. Dan P. Hughes said BIG MISTAKE. Wrong book sent. Not even close. Wrong subject, wrong person, wrong author. Total failure but I had to give it one star to be able to write a review.
the story of Rosco Turner, the nations master aerial showman.. Foreward by James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle. Smithsonian history of aviation
This scrupulously researched work by retired Air Force colonel Glines resurrects an aerial showman who takes his rightful place in the pantheon of 20th-century daredevils. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. A bad money manager, he perpetually sought corporate sponsorship, and the combination of his piloting skills and his outgoing personality got him that support. But he was flamboyant for a purpose: he was a supersalesman who peddled flying not only by barnstorming, mostly through the South in the 1920s, but also by winning national and international races in the 1930s, helping to train pilots during WWII, writing a book, editing a magazine, appearing on radio programs and playing a m