Van der Linden, F. Robert. <br/><br/>
Airlines and air mail :  the post office and the birth of the commercial aviation industry / 
F. Robert van der Linden. 
 - Lexington, Ky. :  University Press of Kentucky,  c2002. 
 - xv, 349 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-335) and index. 
<br/><br/>Foundations -- The birth of an industry -- The aviation industry comes of age -- Consolidation -- 1929 : calm before the storm -- The post office takes charge -- The Watres Act -- Realignment -- Drawing a new map -- Reaction -- Cord and Congress -- The Democrats take control -- Congress assumes command. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0813122198 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001007229 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aeronautics, Commercial--United States.<br/>Air mail service--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE9763  / .V36 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>383/.144