Book cover: Illustration of three aircrafts soaring across the cover in front of colourful beam ...

Haunted airways

Date1937

Names

Burtis, Thomson, 1896-1971 (author)

Klemin, Alexander, 1888-1950 (author of introduction)

Sun Dial Press (publisher)

FormatBook

Notes

In a 1985 futuristic society with advanced aviation technologies, aircrafts have been mysteriously stalling and coming down over the Mohave Desert. First published in the magazine "The American Boy" from November 1929 to February 1930.

Subject

GeographyCity, town, townshipNew York

GeographyProvince stateNew York

GeographyCountryUnited States

Medium

Hardcover books

DimensionsCover size: 20.5 cm x 14 cm (8 1/16 in. x 5 1/2 in.)

Language

CollectionMerril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy

Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)

Object Number37131054394002D

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