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The Modern Kiteflier

Voices of Those Pulling the Strings

Patti Gibbons (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

223 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7049-2 (ISBN)

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Over the past generation, kiteflying has evolved beyond a childhood rite of passage into a mainstream adult activity. The kite's popularity skyrocketed at a time when kite makers adopted modern synthetic materials developed for other industries. A new breed of sport kites appeared and kite artists emerged, dazzling onlookers with three-dimensional aerial sculptures. Inventors perfected new designs and accessories while entrepreneurs created a multimillion-dollar kiting industry. Yet, the kitefliers themselves have remained largely anonymous. Drawing on the World Kite Museum's audio archives, this book brings together firsthand stories from the community of devoted enthusiasts who pull the strings.

Patti Gibbons manages rare book and archive collections at the University of Chicago Library and has been interviewing kitefliers and writing about kiting since the mid-90s.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments deleteix

Foreword by Bob Ingraham

Preface

1: Friendly Fliers

Charlie Henderson

Bill, Marylu and Bob Sonntag

George Ham

Richard and Marti Dermer

Paul Fieber

Charlie Sotich

Marla Miller

Ed Grys

Pat Daly

Mike Carroll

Pete Dolphin

John Barresi

Corey Jensen

Between pages 42 and 43 are 8 color plates containing 22 photographs

2: Tailors at the Beach

Cliff Quinn

Bobby Stanfield

Charm and Ron Lindner

John and Marzlie Freeman

Nancy Lockwood

Margaret Greger

Gary Engvall

Stormy Weathers

Bill Bigge

Walter Mitchell

Scott Spencer

Debra Tumminia

3: Canvas in the Sky: Artists and Innovators

bill lockhart

Tal Streeter

John Pollock

Steve Brockett

Jose Sainz

Robert Trépanier

Sandra and Ron Gibian

Mikio Toki

Anne Harris

Wolfgang Bieck

Craig Wilson

Francis Rogallo

Peter Lynn

4: Club Business: The Business of Doing Business

Bob Ingraham

Bob Price

Tom Sisson

David and Dorothea Checkley

Masaaki Modegi

Jim Miller

Jon Burkhardt

Lois and Dave DeBolt

Mel Hickman

Don Jaspers

Barbara Meyer

Ralf and Eva Dietrich

Scott Skinner

David Gomberg

5: The Kite Trade

Dinesh Bahadur

Heloise and Chris

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Steve Lamb

Maggie Vohs

Billy Jones

Ken Conrad and Suzanne Sadow

Kathy Goodwind

Brooks Leffler

Tom McAlister

Don Tabor

Catherine “Cat” Gabrel

Karl and Sara Longbottom

Jan and Wayne Hosking

Daniel Prentice

Sources

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	07.08.2018
Zusatzinfo	109 photos (22 in color), bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	413 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
ISBN-10	1-4766-7049-8 / 1476670498
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7049-2 / 9781476670492
Zustand	Neuware