No Ordinary Being - Rare W. Starling Burgess Biography

Description: "No Ordinary Being: W. Starling Burgess, Inventor, Naval Architect, Poet, Aviation Pioneer, and Master of American Design," by Llewellyn Howland III, published by David R. Godine, Boston, 2015, 458 pages, large hardcover with dust jacket, 10" by 9". Signed by the author on the title page. Rare biography on the fascinating life of Boston-born aviation pioneer and yacht designer W. Starling Burgess - orphaned at 12, recipient of his first patent at 19, and Harvard student who, upon the suicide of his first wife, published a book of poetry at 24 and then went on to launch a career as a yacht and airplane designer (he built the first airplane to fly the skies of New England in 1910, and was the only manufacturer independently licensed to build aircraft under the Wright Brothers' patents). In 1933 he collaborated with R,. Buckminster Fuller to design and create the revolutionary Dynaxion automobile. Some of his most productive years were as a naval architect and inventor doing top-secret antisubmarine work for the Navy and Air Force. He also was father. He was married five times and was the father of writer and illustrator Tasha Tudor. Extensively researched book, a real labor of love, illustrated with several reproductions of photos and sketches. Rare book in excellent condition. Buyer to pay for item plus shipping.

Price: 225 USD

Location: Newton, Massachusetts

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