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Jackson, Joe.
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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
Transatlantic flights -- History -- 20th century.
Aeronautics -- Competitions -- History -- 20th century.
Air pilots -- Biography.
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Jackson, Joe.
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
Transatlantic flights -- History -- 20th century.
Aeronautics -- Competitions -- History -- 20th century.
Air pilots -- Biography.
MARC Display
Atlantic
fever
:
Lindbergh
, his
competitors
, and the
race
to
cross
the
Atlantic
/ Joe Jackson.
by
Jackson, Joe.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Call #:
629.13092 J13a
Subjects
Lindbergh
, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
Transatlantic flights -- History -- 20th century.
Aeronautics -- Competitions -- History -- 20th century.
Air pilots -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780374106751 (hardback)
0374106754 (hardback)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
x, 525 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Winged messengers -- Phantom travelers. Strange days ; The sure thing ; "This hero business" ; The explorer ; The most spectacular
race
ever held" ; The farm boy ; The cowboy ; The professionals ; The Lord of Distances -- Five weeks. Cruel days ; A little patch of green ; The maiden flight ; The white bird ; Curtiss Field ; The waiting game ; A bad case of nerves ; The chosen -- Am I a little nobody? Passengers ; Four men in a fog ; "The clouds between must disappear" ; The way the wind sock blows -- "In the clouds."
Summary:
"A fast-paced, dynamic account of the
race
to
cross
the
Atlantic
, and the larger-than-life personalities of the aviators who captured the world's attention In 1919, a prize of $25,000 was offered to the first aviator to
cross
the
Atlantic
in either direction between France and America. Although it was one of the most coveted prizes in the world, it sat unclaimed (not without efforts) for eight long years, until the spring of 1927. It was then, during five incredibly tense weeks, that one of those magical windows in history opened, when there occurred a nexus of technology, innovation, character, and spirit that led so many contenders (from different parts of the world) to all suddenly be on the cusp of the exact same achievement at the exact same time.
Atlantic
Fever
is about the
race
; it is a milestone in American history whose story has never been fully told. Richard Byrd, Noel Davis, Stanton Wooster, Clarence Chamberlin, Charles Levine, Rene; Fonck, Charles Nungesser, and François Coli--all had equal weight in the
race
with Charles
Lindbergh
. Although the story starts in September 1926 with the crash of the first competitor, or even further back with the 1919 establishment of the prize, its heart is found in a short period, those five weeks from April 14 to May 21, 1927, when the world held its breath and the aviators met their separate fates in the air"--Provided by publisher.
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