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Author:

Lancaster, John, author.

Title:

The great air race : glory, tragedy, and the dawn of American aviation / John Lancaster.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Liveright Publishing Corporationa division of W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xviii, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Subject:

Airplane racing--United States--History.
Transcontinental flights--United States--History.
Aeronautics--United States--History.
Air pilots--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-330) and index.

Summary:

Reclaiming one of the most important moments in American aviation history, this incredible, untold story recounts the transcontinental air race of October 1919, which riveted a nation as the aviators pioneered the first coast-to-coast air route, despite much drama and tragedy.

ISBN:

1631496379
9781631496370

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1349861775

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

KTPC296 -- Mediapolis Public Library (Mediapolis)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)