The Air Battle: A Vision of the Future
| Title | The Air Battle: A Vision of the Future |
| Year for Search | 1859 |
| Authors | Lang, Herrmann |
| Date Published | 1859 |
| Publisher | William Penny |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | Male author |
| Annotation | 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. |
| Additional Publishers | 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. |
| Holding Institutions | L |
| Full Text | 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. |
