The Great Kite Book - Norman Schmidt
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Title: The Great Kite Book
Author: Norman Schmidt
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Year: 1997
Number of pages: 96
ISBN: 9781895569179
Synopsis: A handbook on making kites, containing 19 designs. It covers aerodynamics, stability, bridling, launching, and construction materials, with step-by-step instructions. Each kite project is illustrated with a full-page photograph and a grid plan that can be enlarged using a photocopier. Every other spread provides a continuing story of the history and mythology of the kite in different cultures - China, Japan, Maori, Polynesia, Thailand, India, Bali and Ancient Greece, as well as in modern Europe and the USA. It also discusses the kite's military, meteorological, aviation and artistic functions.
Condition: Used / Ex-Library
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