Legend & Legacy: The Story of Boeing and Its People
by Robert J. Serling
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Author: Robert J. SerlingEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Illustrated
Published: 1991-07-01
ISBN: 031205890X
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: St Martins Pr
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Book Review: A very good history of the Boeing Company
Summary: 4 Stars
Serling's book is a very good history of the Boeing company, one of the better ones I have read. It is quite detailed. The book covers Boeing from its beginnings to 1991. It does a very good job of covering all the company's activities, from building bombers to commercial jets to missiles and spacecraft. He also discusses activities at Wichita and Philadelphia. Serling also does a very good job of placing the importance of these accomplishments in their context in terms of what they meant to the company.
Serling uses plenty of first person accounts, ranging from executives, managers, engineers, accountants, machinists and test pilots. However, it is weighed more in favor of those who were managers and engineers. There is relatively little about the company's labor history or strikes as compared to other books about the company. A bibliography would have been very welcome. He does list in the introduction those who contributed, but a comprehensive list of his sources would have been helpful.
I recommend this book to all who want to know about the story of the Boeing company.
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