{"product_id":"wings-of-madness-9780786866595","title":"Wings of Madness","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eOn the eve of the centennial of the Wright brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, a new generation will learn about the other man who was once hailed worldwide as the conqueror of the air--Alberto Santos-Dumont. Because the Wright brothers worked in secrecy, word of their first flights had not reached Europe when Santos-Dumont took to the skies in 1906. The dashing, impeccably dressed inventor entertained Paris with his airborne antics--barhopping in a little dirigible that he tied to lampposts, circling above crowds around the Eiffel Tower, and crashing into rooftops. A man celebrated, even pursued by the press in Paris, London, and New York, Santos-Dumont dined regularly with the Cartiers, the Rothschilds, and the Roosevelts. But beneath his lively public exterior, Santos-Dumont was a frenzied genius tortured by the weight of his own creation.\u003ci\u003eWings of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the science and history of early aviation and offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of an extraordinary and tormented man, vividly depicting the sights and sounds of turn-of-the-century Paris. It is a book that will do for aviation what \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Loved Only Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e did for mathematics.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51107519627569,"sku":"9780786866595","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pageaday.com\/products\/wings-of-madness-9780786866595","provider":"Page-A-Day","version":"1.0","type":"link"}