Author Larry Tye's 2012 hit publication, "SUPERMAN: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero" will release in paperback on May 21st and retail for $17.00.

Tye's superb book is the first full-fledged biography not just of the Man of Steel, but of the visionary writers and artists, publishers and performers, who kept aloft the red-and-blue-clad icon through seven decades and counting. Tye shows how Superman - like few other mythical characters before or since - has evolved in a way that offers a Rorschach test of his changing times and our highest aspirations.

In celebration of the book's paperback release as well as Superman's 75th anniversary and Warner Bros. upcoming release of the highly anticipated blockbuster film, "Man of Steel", Tye is on the road in California making personal appearances to dicuss "SUPERMAN: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero."

Upcoming dates include May 29th at the Peninsula Sinai Congregation in Foster City, CA; May 30th at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, CA; and May 31st at the Temple Beth El in San Pedro, CA.

For more information or to purchase the paperback copy of "SUPERMAN: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero", please visit LarryTye.com.