Hindenburg: An Illustrated History

by Rick Archbold

Chronicles the complete story of the great dirigibles--from the pioneering efforts of Count Zeppelin to the Hindenburg's little known sister ship, the Graf Zeppelin

Genres: History, Aviation, Nonfiction

229 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1994

Reviews

[William Richardson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very interesting book full of things I never new about the great airships including the Hindenburg. I think I would have liked to have flown in one. The men who created these great airships and the ones who flew them where great men. One thing I never new about the airships is that they where the 1st aircraft carriers. They could launch and retrieve scout planes.

[Phill Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

The mother of all coffee table books. Kramer could fix folding legs on this thing, then promote it on Regis and Kathie Lee.

[Rob de W · Rating 4 out of 5]

Big ol' coffee table book that documents why it was a bad idea to travel in an inflatable fire hazard.

Goes into detail on all the other airship incidents of the 20s and 30s too.

Ken Marschall did the illustrations and the man has really found his niche illustrating tragic travel related disasters of the 20th century.

[Isai Gilbert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although it may seem at its core a "coffee table" book, it provides an brilliant illustrated history on the Hindenburg.

[Lew · Rating 5 out of 5]

The history of the Hindenburg and other rigid airships deserved to be told in a large coffee table size book. Rick Archbold has done a great job from the easy to read narrative to the large size photos to the beautiful painting by Ken Marschall. This is a must for anyone interested in the Hindenburg and other airships.
As a side note, I started reading this book at the same time that I was reading Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon (Goodreads Author). Ms. Lawhon's book is a historical fiction novel about the last flight of the Hindenburg. At the end of the book, Ms. Lawhon stated that Mr. Archbold's book was her primary source for details about the Hindenburg and the crew and passengers of it's last flight.

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a beautiful "coffee-table" sized book with superlative paintings and rare photographs of this romantic by-gone era in aviation. The text is not just 'captions' to accompany the illustrations, but a whole book unto itself; an excellent in-depth history of the age of the dirigibles and early experiments in flight. Whether you are into these long-gone dinosaurs of the airways or not, the gorgeous and often evocative illustrations alone are worth the price of admission.
This definitive book is out of print now, but still available on Amazon.

[Kent · Rating 5 out of 5]

While a little on the big size, the illustrations are wonderful, and this book contains a great history of zeppelins overall. The Hindenburg, while the star of the show, doesn't even merit half of the text. Anyone interested in the pioneering of the skies will like this book.

[Lachlan Hazelton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a beautifully researched and illustrated book. A must read if you are fascinated by this era of travel and one of the early 20th century's transport disasters on what would become the eve of the Second World War.

[Eric Edwards · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book that fully explains the development of the Zeppelins and their use in WW I and the growth of its commercial use by Germany during the Wiemar Republic and Nazi Germany.