The Pathfinders

The Epic of Flight

by David Nevin, Time-Life Books (Editor)

The editors of Time-Life Books have produced another exciting The Epic of Flight. The Pathfinders are brought to you in extraordinary detail through vivid photography and engaging, informative text.

Genres: History, Aviation, Nonfiction

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

David Reinhardt Nevin was born in Washington. His father, a veterinarian in the US Army when it had a horse cavalry, was soon assigned to Fort Sam Houston in Texas. Mr. Nevin joined the US Navy as a teenager and served in the Pacific. After the war he did poorly in college, but could write well enough to be hired as a police reporter for The Brownsville (Texas) Herald. That led to work for Time and Life magazines.

Reviews

[Johannes Duckeck]

A delightful book with excitingly told episodic tales of major long-distance flights between 1919 and 1938. I learned quite a few things about aviation history that I did not know yet!