The hidden Hindenburg : the untold story of the tragedy, the Nazi secrets, and the quest to rule the skies
McCarthy, Michael, 1962-2022
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By the author of Ashes Under Water (Lyons Press), here is one of the great untold stories of World War II. The Hidden Hindenburg at last reveals the cause of aviation's most famous disaster and the duplicity that kept the truth from coming to light for three generations. It also finally catches up with a German legend who misled the world about the Hindenburg to bury his own Nazi connections. Drawing on previously unpublished documents from the National Archives in Washington, along with archival collections in Germany, this definitive account explores how the Hindenburg was connected to the Dachau concentration camp, a futuristic German rocket that terrified the Allies, and a classified project that imported Nazi scientists to America after the war. It took author Michael McCarthy four years to get to the bottom of this epic disaster, in which the largest object civilization has ever managed to fly burnt up in less than one minute. Along the way, he found a tale of international intrigue, revealing a whistleblower, a cover-up and corruption on two continents.
Main title:
Author:
McCarthy, Michael, 1962-, author
Edition:
First Lyons Press paperback edition.
Imprint:
Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, 2022.©2020
Collation:
x, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-280) and index.
Contents:
IntroAuthor's NotePart One. AIR1. Dealing with Demons2. "The Pope"3. "Noble Wine"4. A Quivering Cover5. Begging for Helium6. Twine and TapePart Two. FIRE7. Headwinds8. "This Is the End"9. Sincere Regrets10. "Noticeable Fluttering"11. Broken Water12. "Enjoy the War"Part Three. EARTH13. Illicit Fruit14. The German Missile Crisis15. "An Inside Job"16. Swastikas in the Closet17. "I Don't Believe in War"18. "Hunger Cages"EpilogueAcknowledgmentsAppendixNotesReferences.
ISBN:
97814930666819781493066681 (paperback)
Dewey class:
943.086
Language:
English
Subject:
Eckener, Hugo, 1868-1954Hindenburg (Airship)Aeronautical engineers -- Germany -- BiographyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists -- Germany -- BiographyAeronautics -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryAircraft accidents -- New Jersey -- History -- 20th centuryGermany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
BRN:
778172
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | -History | HISTORY 943.086 ECKE | Available |