The Unfortunate Endeavours of Charles Henry Brown
Aeronaut 1827-1870
(Sprache: Englisch)
This is the biography of Charles Henry Brown, whose obsession with aerostation took him from Great Britain to Australia and India. It highlights the problems pioneer aeronauts faced - they often were viewed as no more than providers of novelty...
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This is the biography of Charles Henry Brown, whose obsession with aerostation took him from Great Britain to Australia and India. It highlights the problems pioneer aeronauts faced - they often were viewed as no more than providers of novelty entertainment. Brown's story also reflects aspects of contemporary Victorian society.
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This is the biography of a pioneer aeronaut, Charles Henry Brown, whose life-long obsession with aerostation took him from his native Great Britain to Australia and India. The story of his quest for recognition is deeply researched, while being told in an anti-generic mode - imagined dialogue, play scripts and speculative interventions.To date Brown's story has not been told in any great detail, and in the few instances where his achievements have been noted the records are marred by inaccuracies. While the story is prima facie an historical biography it also highlights the travail and frustrations faced by the early aviation pioneers - in an age of innovation and advancement they were viewed by many in the scientific community, and the general public, as being no more than providers of novelty entertainment. Brown never accepted this role and had a greater vision of the future of aviation.
Brown's story also reflects the many interesting, and to us, peculiar aspects of contemporary Victorian society.
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Contents: Death due to Drowning - In the Beginning - Hampton - Trouble - Bad Day at Dublin - Bradford Fiasco - A New Beginning - Royal Gardens - Moving On - Something in the Air - Steady as she Goes - The Proposition - In London - The Overland Route - The Simla - Eliza's Journey - Introduction to Melbourne - A Balloon on the Ballaarat - Aloft - Changing Directions - The Dodge - The Reprise - Hard Times - A New Balloon - The All England Eleven - The Grand Discovery - In Melbourne.
Autoren-Porträt von Terence FitzSimons
Terence FitzSimons is an honorary Research Fellow at Federation University Australia, and an honorary historian with The Sovereign Hill Museums Association, an affiliate institute of the university. His research interests are centred on Victorian social history.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Terence FitzSimons
- 2015, Neuausgabe, VII, 237 Seiten, Maße: 15,5 x 23,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers
- ISBN-10: 3034319304
- ISBN-13: 9783034319300
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.08.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
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