The Air Battle: A Vision of the Future
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1859
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Mostly adventure and war in a far future where countries in Africa and South America dominate and whites are slaves. After a war finally brings the three dominant countries together, white slavery is ended in the name of Christianity and the world is unified. Advanced technology. Some anti-Semitic elements. |
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1859 |
| Publisher |
William Penny
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| Place Published |
London
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1859 Lang, Herrmann. The Air Battle: A Vision of the Future. London: William Penny. Rpt. London: Cornmarket Reprints, 1972 with an “Introduction” by Charles H. Gibbs-Smith (unpaged). The old British Library catalog says that the author was a Professor in the Polytechnic School of Carlsruhe, Germany who wrote on Chemistry. Others have said the name is a pseudonym. There is no evidence of a German publication, but Gibbs-Smith assumes that it was written in German and translated for publication by S.D. Dawlish, the author of the “Preface” to the original edition. Mostly adventure and war in a far future where countries in Africa and South America dominate and whites are slaves. After a war finally brings the three dominant countries together, white slavery is ended in the name of Christianity and the world is unified. Advanced technology. Some anti-Semitic elements. |
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Rpt. London: Cornmarket Reprints, 1972 with an "Introduction" by Charles H. Gibbs-Smith (unpaged). |
| Info Notes |
The old British Library catalog says that the author was a Professor in the Polytechnic School of Carlsruhe, Germany who wrote on Chemistry. Others have said the name is a pseudonym. There is no evidence of a German publication, but Gibbs-Smith assumes that it was written in German and translated for publication by S.D. Dawlish, the author of the "Preface" to the original edition. |
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