Flight Patterns: A Century of Stories about Flying
- ISBN-10
- 189044751X
- ISBN-13
- 9781890447519
- Series
- Flight Patterns
- Category
- Transportation
- Pages
- 548
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Authors
- James Salter, Mary Gaitskill
Description
Offers a collection of nonfiction, poetry, and fiction on airplanes and airplane travel by such diverse authors as Orville Wright, Charles A. Lindbergh, Erica Jong, Alice Munro, David Sedaris, and Roald Dahl.
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