America, 1908 : the dawn of flight, the race to the Pole, the invention of the Model T, and the making of a modern nation
Introduces the year 1908 as a pivotal turning point in American history marked by such events as the first flight and Peary's quest to the North Pole, in an account that explains how each spectacle contributed to the nation's growing dominance as a worldpower
Print Book, English, 2007
1st Scribner hardcover ed
Scribner, New York, 2007