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ation, combining two specialties he enjoyed: economics and transportation.
Two pioneers in aviation—Orville and Wilbur Wright—are the subjects of a biography he and his wife have been researching and writing for the past 10 years.
“It’s a labor of love,” he said. “You get started on something, and then you want to finish it.
Crane said the book—now almost finished—will contain “a lot of new material” about the Wrights. Part of his new material includes information from an interview he had with brother Orville.
“I spent an afternoon with him. Unfortunately, he wanted to talk about economics more than planes,” Crane recalled.
Since 1959, Crane taught American and European history and economics at several universities, including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern and Kansas State. He is now retired, devoting much of his time to his research and his books.
“Books are interesting,” he said, “but there’s a limit. 'You shouldn’t devote your life to a hobby.”
In recent years, he has given up “300 or 400" books from his collection. Some he has donated free to institutions and college libraries; other volumes he has sold, including a Bible sold to Indiana University’s rare book library for $9,000.
“I’m. getting so old I can’t read all those books,” he said.
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