{"product_id":"wings-of-madness-isbn-9780786885718","title":"Wings of Madness","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eNow in paperback, an \"unforgettably good book [told] with compassion and sympathy\" (Simon Winchester, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) about an eccentric aviator and the thrilling early days of flight. From Paul Hoffman, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Loved Only Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e, comes this engaging true story of the 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 and impeccably dressed aeronaut stunned and delighted Paris, barhopping around the city in a one-man dirigible he invented, circling above crowds and crashing into rooftops. Yet Santos-Dumont was a frenzied genius tortured by the weight of his own creation. \u003ci\u003eWings of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting, brilliantly told story of this tormented man who helped to usher in the modern age and who epitomized the increasingly tortured spirit of the twentieth century--it is elegant, fascinating, and deeply moving.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44892873785573,"sku":"NP9780786885718","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/wings-of-madness-isbn-9780786885718","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}