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BL
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| Record Number
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586127
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b415346
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| Main Entry
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Allen, Oliver E.
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| Title & Author
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The airline builders /\ by Oliver E. Allen and the editors of Time-Life Books.
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| Publication Statement
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Alexandria, Va. :: Time-Life Books,, c1981.
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| Series Statement
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The Epic of flight
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| Page. NO
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176 p. :: ill. (some col.) ;; 29 cm.
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| ISBN
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0809432854
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: 9780809432851
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: 0809432846 (lib. bdg.)
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: 9780809432844 (lib. bdg.)
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: 0809432838 (retail ed.)
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: 9780809432837 (retail ed.)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173) and index.
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| Contents
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European trailblazers on a cloud-filled frontier -- America's young airlines: saved by the mail -- The forging of the big four -- Evolution of the plane that transformed air travel -- The man who shrank the Earth.
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| Abstract
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Describes the development of commercial passenger service from its beginning until World War II.
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| Subject
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Aeronautics, Commercial-- United States-- History.
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Airlines-- United States-- History.
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| Dewey Classification
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387.7/065/73
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| LC Classification
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HE9803.A3A43
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| Added Entry
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Time-life Books.
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