Pages of Madness
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https://doi.org/10.22480/revunifa.2010.23.614Keywords:
Alberto Santos-Dumont, Paul Hoffman, Biography, ErrorsAbstract
This article is a critical review about the book “Wings of Madness”, by Paul Hoffman (2003), a biography of Alberto Santos-Dumont, published in Brazil under the title “Asas da Loucura”. By consulting the original historical documents, it was found that, far from excelling at information accuracy, the work contains a plenty of errors and unsubstantiated statements, distorted facts, and clearly imaginary episodes.
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