Atlantic fever : Lindbergh, his competitors, and the race to cross the Atlantic / Joe Jackson.

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, Joe, 1955- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Transatlantic flights > History > 20th century.
Aeronautics > Competitions > History > 20th century.
Air pilots > Biography.
Lindbergh, Charles A. > (Charles Augustus), > 1902-1974.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
TRANSPORTATION > Aviation > History.
Aeronautics > Competitions.
Air pilots.
Transatlantic flights.
Lindbergh, Charles A., > 1902-1974.
Atlantiküberquerung.
Luftfahrt.
1900 - 1999
History.
Genre:
Biography.
History.
Physical Description:x, 525 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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