The lost pilots : the spectacular rise and scandalous fall of aviation's golden couple
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2018].
Status
Central - Adult Large Type
LT 629.13092 MEAD
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LT 629.13092 MEAD
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2018].
Format
Large Type
Physical Desc
485 pages (large print) : maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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During the height of the roaring twenties, Jessie Miller longs for adventure. Fleeing a passionless marriage in the backwaters of Australia, twenty-three-year-old Jessie arrives in London and promptly falls in with the Bright Young Things, those gin-soaked boho-chic intellectuals draped in suits, flapper dresses, and pearls. At a party Jessie meets Captain William Lancaster, married himself and fresh from the Royal Air Force, with a scheme in his head to become as famous as Charles Lindbergh, who has just crossed the Atlantic. Lancaster will do Lindy one better: fly from London to Melbourne, and in Jessie Miller he's found the perfect co-pilot. Within months the two embark on a half-year journey across the globe, hopping from one colonial outpost to the next. But like world records, marriage vows can be broken, and upon their landing in Melbourne Jessie and William are not only international celebrities, but also deeply inlove. Yet the crash of 1929 catches up to even the fastest aviator, and the couple finds themselves in dire straits at their rented house on the outskirts of Miami - the bright glare of the limelight fading quickly.To make ends meet Jessie agrees to write a memoir, and picks the dashing Haden Clarke to be her ghostwriter. It's not long before this toxic mix of bootleg booze and a handsome interloper leads to a shocking crime, a trial that rivets and scandalizes the world, and a reckless act of abandon to win back former glory. The Lost Pilots is an extraordinary true story, brought to vivid life by Corey Mead. Based on years of research, and full of adventure, forbidden passion, crime, scandal and tragedy, it is a masterwork of narrative nonfiction that firmly restores one of aviation's leading female pioneers to her rightful place in history.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mead, C. (2018). The lost pilots: the spectacular rise and scandalous fall of aviation's golden couple . Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mead, Corey. 2018. The Lost Pilots: The Spectacular Rise and Scandalous Fall of Aviation's Golden Couple. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mead, Corey. The Lost Pilots: The Spectacular Rise and Scandalous Fall of Aviation's Golden Couple Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mead, Corey. The Lost Pilots: The Spectacular Rise and Scandalous Fall of Aviation's Golden Couple Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
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