Big Jump Lindbergh and the Great Atlantic Air Race

Name: Big Jump Lindbergh and the Great Atlantic Air Race
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ISBN: 9780471477525

ISBN-10: 0471477524

ISBN-13: 9780471477525

Edition: 2011

Authors: Richard Bak

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The trans-Atlantic air race of 1927 and the flight that made Charles Lindbergh a hero The race to make the first nonstop flight between the New York and Paris attracted some of the most famous and seasoned aviators of the day, yet it was the young and lesser known Charles Lindbergh who won the $25,000 Orteig Prize in 1927 for his history-making solo flight in the Spirit of St. Louis. Drawing on many previously overlooked sources, Bak offers a fresh look at the personalities that made up this epic air race - a deadly competition that culminated in one of the twentieth century's most thrilling personal achievements and turned Charles Lindbergh into the first international hero of the modern…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Australia, Limited
Publication date: 7/8/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.50" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.342



Acknowledgements


Prologue: Instant Fame-or Flaming Gasoline



"We've Come to Fly the Atlantic"



"Where Does France Come In?"



"The Ace with the Wooden Leg"



The Fortune of the Air



Slim



Giuseppe, the Gypsy, and the Junk Man



Revving Up



Against the Prevailing Winds



Come to Earth



Little Silver Plane



Paris au Printemps



A Stout Heart Does Not Fear Death



Limbo



Hunting Dragons



We Two



"Vive l'Amï¿½rique!"



"Lindbergh Is Our Elijah"



Two More Across



The Atlantic No Longer Exists


Epilogue: Restless Spirits


Notes


Bibliography


Index