Migration and the plane was the first novel by Sinclair Lewis. Published in 1912, were printed only 1,000 copies. This novel was published under the pseudonym Tom Graham, why should it receive a boiler "flat" novel, which is a term a bit 'in a hurry and wrote the only novel of bills or need.
This story is 16 years, Gerald "walk" Griffin and his chubby friend, but a good character, Torrington "poodle" Darby, how to help an inventor named Martin, a country priestmillonario contrato con los EE.UU. Army Signal Corps, for his "incredible flying machine tetrahedron. (Remember, this was only 9 years after the flight of the Wright brothers' published).
With the help of Lieutenant Jack Adeler mistreat Captain Willoughby Welch. In the course of the two guys that most of the flight in aviation history. Prophetically saw the migration of the day, when his plane, "Hustle's Walk", a warship.
Even the name of "Walk"What is a nickname, it reflects a different time, that the book makes an interesting day, because "on foot", a term football. Especially in the West, and shouted: "Walk, walk, hike!" during a long football career.
The novel is a great work, and it is certainly a beginning point of departure for the author. There are some questions about pacifism in the end, but otherwise there are few current issues worthy of note. This was written by Sinclair Lewis, but went under the pseudonym TomGraham.
This book is very rare, and while some price guides to all the fans are like $ 2,000 - $ 3,000, the market right now that is a true first edition, with a value of more than 10,000 U.S. dollars. If (a search with a coat of dust as everyone knows, there can be only about 25 of these left), then doubled when all the surviving copies are presumed to be known.
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