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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 [...] 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 age.Examines the extraordinary life and cultural impact of Charles Lindbergh, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, and his legendary trans-Atlantic flight that captured the world's imaginationExplores the romance of flying during aviation's Golden Age of the 1920s, the enduring mystique of the aviator, and rapid technological advances that made for a paradigm shift in human perception of the worldFilled with colorful characters from early aviation history, including Charles Nungesser, Igor Sikorsky, Renéeacute; Fonck, Richard Byrd, and Paul Tarascon
History and the imagination take flight in this gripping account of high-flying adventure, in which a group of courageous men tested the both limits of technology and the power of nature in pursuit of one of mankind's boldest dreams.
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 [...] 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 age.Examines the extraordinary life and cultural impact of Charles Lindbergh, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, and his legendary trans-Atlantic flight that captured the world's imaginationExplores the romance of flying during aviation's Golden Age of the 1920s, the enduring mystique of the aviator, and rapid technological advances that made for a paradigm shift in human perception of the worldFilled with colorful characters from early aviation history, including Charles Nungesser, Igor Sikorsky, Renéeacute; Fonck, Richard Byrd, and Paul Tarascon
History and the imagination take flight in this gripping account of high-flying adventure, in which a group of courageous men tested the both limits of technology and the power of nature in pursuit of one of mankind's boldest dreams.
RICHARD BAK is a Detroit-based journalist and the author of twenty-five books, including Henry and Edsel: The Creation of the Ford Empire and Peach: Ty Cobb in His Time and Ours. He has received three ForeWord magazine Book-of-the-Year awards, the Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Prize for Literature, and two Emmys for his work as writer and coproducer of Stranded at the Corner, a feature-length documentary about the fight to save
Detroit¿s Tiger Stadium.
Prologue: Instant Fame--or Flaming Gasoline 1
1 "We've Come to Fly the Atlantic" 6
2 "Where Does France Come In?" 23
3 "The Ace with the Wooden Leg" 35
4 The Fortune of the Air 54
5 Slim 80
6 Giuseppe, the Gypsy, and the Junk Man 92
7 Revving Up 101
8 Against the Prevailing Winds 111
9 Come to Earth 121
10 Little Silver Plane 132
11 Paris au Printemps 139
12 A Stout Heart Does Not Fear Death 149
13 Limbo 160
14 Hunting Dragons 169
15 We Two 184
16 "Vive l'Amérique!" 205
17 "Lindbergh Is Our Elijah" 218
18 Two More Across 233
19 The Atlantic No Longer Exists 246
Epilogue: Restless Spirits 264
Notes 274
Bibliography 297
Index 312
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 336 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780471477525 |
| ISBN-10: | 0471477524 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 14647752000 |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Bak, Richard |
| Hersteller: |
John Wiley & Sons
Trade Paper Press |
| Maße: | 240 x 161 x 24 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Richard Bak |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.07.2011 |
| Gewicht: | 0,748 kg |
RICHARD BAK is a Detroit-based journalist and the author of twenty-five books, including Henry and Edsel: The Creation of the Ford Empire and Peach: Ty Cobb in His Time and Ours. He has received three ForeWord magazine Book-of-the-Year awards, the Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Prize for Literature, and two Emmys for his work as writer and coproducer of Stranded at the Corner, a feature-length documentary about the fight to save
Detroit¿s Tiger Stadium.
Prologue: Instant Fame--or Flaming Gasoline 1
1 "We've Come to Fly the Atlantic" 6
2 "Where Does France Come In?" 23
3 "The Ace with the Wooden Leg" 35
4 The Fortune of the Air 54
5 Slim 80
6 Giuseppe, the Gypsy, and the Junk Man 92
7 Revving Up 101
8 Against the Prevailing Winds 111
9 Come to Earth 121
10 Little Silver Plane 132
11 Paris au Printemps 139
12 A Stout Heart Does Not Fear Death 149
13 Limbo 160
14 Hunting Dragons 169
15 We Two 184
16 "Vive l'Amérique!" 205
17 "Lindbergh Is Our Elijah" 218
18 Two More Across 233
19 The Atlantic No Longer Exists 246
Epilogue: Restless Spirits 264
Notes 274
Bibliography 297
Index 312
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 336 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780471477525 |
| ISBN-10: | 0471477524 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 14647752000 |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Bak, Richard |
| Hersteller: |
John Wiley & Sons
Trade Paper Press |
| Maße: | 240 x 161 x 24 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Richard Bak |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.07.2011 |
| Gewicht: | 0,748 kg |
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