Knight of the Road

Subtitled The life and times of the extraordinary pioneers who first built British aeroplanes. The aircraft are remembered but many of the men who designed and built them are not. Here are described the personalities and careers of British aviation pioneers. Dugan follows a trail of contemporary records that tell the unlikely story of this 19th-century Western outlaw and his obsession with robbing stage coaches. Dugan's thorough job (we now know, for example, that White had a size seven shoe, two vaccinations, and that he didn't use tobacco) enriches the tale. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR