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Empire of the Air
- The Men Who Made Radio
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
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Empire of the Air
Narrated by:
Chris Sorensen
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Publisher's Summary
Empire of the Air tells the story of three American visionaries - Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff - whose imagination and dreams turned a hobbyist's toy into radio, launching the modern communications age. Tom Lewis weaves the story of these men and their achievements into a richly detailed and moving narrative that spans the first half of the 20th century, a time when the American romance with science and technology was at its peak.
Empire of the Air is a tale of pioneers on the frontier of a new technology, of American entrepreneurial spirit, and of the tragic collision between inventor and corporation.
©1991 Thomas S. W. Lewis; Preface to the Thirtieth Anniversary Paperback Edition copyright 2021 by Thomas S. W. Lewis (P)2021 Tantor