The big jump : Lindbergh and the great Atlantic air race / Richard Bak.

Examines the life and cultural impact of Charles Lindbergh, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, and his legendary trans-Atlantic flight of 1927.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bak, Richard, 1954-
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Lindbergh, Charles A. > (Charles Augustus), > 1902-1974.
Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)
Aeronautics > Competitions > History > 20th century.
Transatlantic flights > History > 20th century.
Aeronautics > United States > History > 20th century.
Aeronautics > History > 20th century.
Air pilots > United States > Biography.
Air pilots > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:ix, 325 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Lindbergh and the great Atlantic air race.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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
  • "Viva l'Amérique!"
  • "Lindbergh is our Elijah"
  • Two more across
  • The Atlantic no longer exists
  • Epilogue : restless spirits.