Broken Icarus: The 1933 Chicago World's Fair, the Golden Age of Aviation, and the Rise of Fascism (Prometheus, 2022)

Saturday, September 24, 2022
10:00 AM
Bethel United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall

About the book
The 1933 World’s Fair looked to the future, unabashedly, as one full of glowing promise. No technology loomed larger at the fair than aviation, and no persons captured the public’s interest as much as the romantic figures associated with flight. Many believed that a new age was dawning, an age when humans would not only leave the ground behind, but also the scourges of war, poverty, corruption, and disease. Only later in the decade did the dark correlation between the rise of some of aviation’s superstars and the growth of fascism come to be revealed.

About the author
David Hanna is an award-winning history teacher at Stuyvesant High School in New York City. He also wrote Knights of the Sea, about a major naval battle during the War of 1812, and Rendezvous with Death, about Americans who joined the French Foreign Legion to fight the Germans in 1914.

Purchase the book
Please help support local independent bookstores by purchasing this book at Browseabout Books, official bookseller of the History Book Festival. Online sources and digital versions are tempting; however, supporting local brick and mortar shops helps to preserve our vibrant main streets. Drop by Browseabout, order books online, or call the store at 302-226-2665. You also may purchase a copy at biblion in Lewes.

About the Festival
With the help of our presenting sponsors—Delaware Humanities and The Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices I PenFed Realty—as well as our community partners and volunteers, the 2022 History Book Festival was full of great discussions with authors of newly published narrative nonfiction and historical fiction.

Special thanks to Lewes Public Library, for venue and assistance with event promotion; to Browseabout Books in Rehoboth, our official bookseller; and to the Cape Gazette and Delmarva Public Media, our media partners.

Mark your calendars for the 2023 History Book Festival. Join our authors, interviewers, and other attendees at live events throughout the weekend of September 29, 30, and October 1.