Firstly, if I am out of line here, staff/admin please just delete or lock and so be it. I do have a copy of the search engine results here for simply the single term “history” and saw nothing out of 50 results that related to this style of discussion:
That is what gave me this idea.
That thread was not originally set forth to discuss such like that fine post above and it seems that it might not be so bad to have a thread just for this/that purpose; the discussion/opinions of the historical works of others?
If there’s something you would like to discuss, just create a thread. As long as you follow our forum guidelines (https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/guidelines) you don’t need to ask permission.
I appreciate that response, but it is out of many years of habit that I’ve learned when entering and posting in an online community as a newbie it is best to advance with a light step and carry a lighter stick.
BUT, as I seem to have approval for this venture I’d like to introduce something that relates to my first career, aviation:
The Lost Flights of Gustave Whitehead by Stella Randolph
And even though their verification process is a tad slow, it is probably very safe to point you to this as a first source for verifying this historical work is very much real:
Her book was published in 1937 and if you open that door she writes about you will very soon find out that opens onto a very large field where all sorts of happenings have taken flight, even to this day. Controversy are those birds flying about in this bit of history.
By the way, the Smithsonian, where that link takes you to, is very much a part of the story.
As for actual copies of the book noted above, not sure. I use the Smithsonian link as proof the book exists, and their site should be about as trustworthy as . . . well, I don’t like posting links to sites that sell things and most other sites.
The book I read so many years ago was in my pa’s library because he was also in aviation.
Truth be known, I hadn’t even thought about adding that book to this thread when I thought of starting this thread.