Three Across: The Great Transatlantic Air Race of 1927 - Hardcover

Finkelstein, Norman H.

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9781590784624: Three Across: The Great Transatlantic Air Race of 1927

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590784626 ISBN 13: 9781590784624

Publisher: Calkins Creek, 2008

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It's 1927, and the air race is on! Three pilots compete to be the first to fly across the Atlantic. In the spring of that year, three airplanes were at Roosevelt Field on Long Island preparing for a historic journey—a nonstop flight between New York and Paris. Which plane would be first? Most predicted that the Columbia, with renowned test pilot Clarence Chamberlin at the controls, would lead the way. Another plane, the America, was also a favorite. Its crew of four was headed by an authentic American hero, Richard E. Byrd, the famed Arctic explorer. Little was known about the third plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, piloted by a young flier named Charles Lindbergh. Fame and immortality awaited the winner. Based on primary sources, Three Across chronicles the daring feats of these courageous adventurers and the aftermath of their flights. Includes source notes, author's note, bibliography, and index.

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"Many school libraries have biographies of Lindbergh . . . that discuss the transatlantic race, but this book places his story into the larger context of early aviation." --"Library Media Connection"

"The author writes in an engaging storytelling voice. . . . An excellent addition to collections on the history of flight." --"School Library Journal"

"The tales of heartbreaking setbacks and maverick triumphs speed across the backdrop of the Roaring Twenties, and along the way, there are plenty of photos that put the reader inside the cramped cockpits and ticker-tape parades." --Booklist

"Many school libraries have biographies of Lindbergh . . . that discuss the transatlantic race, but this book places his story into the larger context of early aviation." --Library Media Connection

"The author writes in an engaging storytelling voice. . . . An excellent addition to collections on the history of flight." --School Library Journal

About the Author:

Norman H. Finkelstein is the author of sixteen nonfiction books for young readers. Two of them, Heeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle and Forged in Freedom: Shaping the Jewish-American Experience, won the National Jewish Book Award. His biography of Edward R. Murrow, With Heroic Truth, received the Golden Kite Honor Award for Nonfiction. He lives in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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