The Sky Man
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After years of painstaking trial and error, inventor and daredevil aviator Philip Cayley has perfected human flight. Sailing over the Arctic Ocweean in nothing but his aerodynamic wingsuit, Cayley begins to contemplate the nature of human existence, wondering if he has transcended his earthly bonds at last. The Sky Man is a novel by Henry Kitchell Webster.
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Henry Kitchell Webster (1875-1932) was an American novelist and short story writer. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Webster graduated from Hamilton College in 1897 before taking a job as a teacher at Union College in Schenectady, New York. Alongside coauthor Samuel Merwin, Webster found early success with such novels as The Short Line War (1899) and Calumet "K" (1901), the latter a favorite of Ayn Rand's. Webster's stories, often set in Chicago, were frequently released as serials before appearing as bestselling novels, a formula perfected by the author throughout his hugely successful career. By the end of his life, Webster was known across the United States as a leading writer of mystery, science fiction, and realist novels and stories.
