Biography & Autobiography
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Synopsis
"The 'Roaring Twenties' they called it: a fun time to be alive. The jazz age of Fords, flappers, [Prohibition] and bathtub gin. The moviers, radio and consumerism have redefined the American dream: this is the dawn of our modern era. The machine is the future and supreme among machines is the aeroplane. The aeroplane - speed, glamour, communication - is the emblem of the Now. And a race is on to be the first to fly to the North Pole ... a perilous feat at the extreme edge of technological possibility in the primitive aircraft of the day. The main contestant: Roald Amundsen, who trudged first to the South Pole fourteen years before but is now fifty two, bankrupt and tarnished. His principal competitor: Richard Byrd, Annapolis graduate and well-connected Virginian swell. ..."--Book jacket.Book Details
Published
January 1, 2012
Publisher
Biteback
Pages
278
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781849541305