
THE SECRETS OF DELLSCHAU: The Sonora Aero Club and the Airships of the 1800s, A True Story
Author: Crenshaw, Dennis G.Brand: Anomalist BooksEdition: IllustratedFeatures: Used Book in Good ConditionBinding: PaperbackFormat: IllustratedNumber Of Pages: 286Release Date: 01-10-2009Part Number: 73451Details: Product Description Charles A. A. Dellschau was born on June 4, 1830, in Brandenburg, Prussia, and immigrated to the United States in 1853, first settling in Texas. The historical record falls silent until 1860, when he is again shown living in Texas, where he marries Antonia Hilt the following year. The so-called "lost years" of the secretive Dellschau's life became a matter of controversy when his voluminous, illustrated notebooks surfaced nearly a half-century after his death in 1923 at age 93. Dellschau literally spent the last 20 years of his life closeted away in an attic apartment, creating a fantastical body of art that continues to fascinate. Indeed, today Dellschau is recognized as one of America's leading visionary artists, ranked alongside such world luminaries a