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Colonel Cody and the Flying Cathedral

The Adventures of the Cowboy Who Conquered the Sky

Garry Jenkins
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Pages
288
Year
2015
Language
English

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Colonel Cody and the Flying Cathedral is the fascinating and bizarre history of Samuel Franklin Cody, who in his early years worked the same cattle trails as Buffalo Bill and played the same Dodge City roulette tables as Wyatt Earp. But, later his life took a startling turn. While performing in England, Cody became a passionate kite-builder and flyer, and at the apex of his career, fashioned a vast airplane dubbed "The Flying Cathedral," and with it went on to become the first man to fly in England.

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"A rollicking, consistently surprising biography... Jenkins does a fine job of threading Cody's personal saga into the histories of the Wild West and world aviation, weaving a pleasingly reader-friendly narrative."
Kirkus Reviews
"[An] absorbing biography...Garry Jenkins' detailed account...shows why the British were so wild about this wild man...endearing."
Boston Globe
"A largely-forgotten story carefully reconstructed...meticulous reportage."
Roberta Bernstein, The New York Times Book Review

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