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A review by skybalon
Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air by Richard Holmes
4.0
An interesting history prose book written by a poet. Which sometimes doesn't work in favor the book as a whole, but in other places makes what could be uninteresting facts into something more interesting.
The overall book does help capture some of the feeling and spirit of the early ballooning days, or (since I wasn't there) makes one believe that it captures that spirit.
Ultimately I would not recommend this if you aren't interested in early aviation, as it is not that phenomenal. But it is pretty good and with just a little interest, it's worth the read.
The overall book does help capture some of the feeling and spirit of the early ballooning days, or (since I wasn't there) makes one believe that it captures that spirit.
Ultimately I would not recommend this if you aren't interested in early aviation, as it is not that phenomenal. But it is pretty good and with just a little interest, it's worth the read.