Great story of one of the giant industries of today!! This is McDONNELL DOUGLAS: A TALE OF TWO GIANTS. This 255 page oversized hardback by Bill Yenne was published in 1988. From the DJ we read, "The McDonnell Douglas Corporation is a result of the 1967 merger if two companies built by two of the dynamic giants of the American aviation industry. Donald Willis Douglas cut his teeth as a designer at the Glenn Martin Company, starting out on his own in 1920. Douglas built the first planes to circumnavigate the glider and founded the DC Series (Douglas , Commercial) airliners that would come to be the most famous family of commercial aircraft ever built. James Smith McDonnell founded his firm in 1939 and within a decade he had developed the US Navy's first jet fighter. McDonnell went on to establish a family of jet fighters that would include America's best, the F-4 Phantom, and F-15 Eagle. McDonnell also built America's first manned spacecraft, Mercury and Gemini. This book is the story of these two men, the companies they built and the dozens of aircraft types that have carried their names to the far corners of the world." Looks at The Planes of Donald Douglas, McDonnell of St. Louis, The Douglas Transports, The Two Paths Cross, Diversification and The Fighter Makers. Many, many great photos of both military and commercial aircraft, factories, people and everything else connected with the history of this company. Very, very nice book in excellent condition. Nice  clean unmarked pages. Just a little wear on DJ edges. Shipping and handling 6.88 Media Mail to US destinations (VERY HEAVY BOOK WEIGHS OVER THREE POUNDS). ALL OTHERS WELCOME BUT NO BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED THAT DO NOT WRITE FOR POSTAGE QUOTE AS NON-US POSTAGE IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND SHIPPED ENTIRELY AT YOUR RISK.