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Author Mead, Corey, author.

Title The lost pilots : the spectacular rise and scandalous fall of aviation's golden couple / Corey Mead.

Publication Info. New York : Flatiron Books, 2018.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  629.13 MEAD    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  629.13 MEAD    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.13 MEA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  629.13 MEAD    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  629.1309 MEAD    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  629.13 MEAD    Check Shelf
Edition First edition
Description viii, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-264) and index.
Contents Part I. Red rose -- Bright young things ; A nimble liftoff -- Single-mined abandon -- Arrival -- Part II. A new world -- Grand welcomes -- Flying solo -- A change in fortune -- To Miami -- Future unknown -- Mental agony -- Eager, drunken love -- The tortures of the damned -- A ,man of many secrets -- A terrible thing -- Forgeries -- The scarlet woman -- Part III. Flight to nowhere -- Those dim days of the past that are dead -- A tissue of lies -- American justice is all wet -- The man from Auburn -- The verdict -- A tragic figure -- This period of agony -- Epilogue: The past reaches out.
Summary "Set during the roaring twenties, Corey Mead's The Lost Pilots is the saga of two star crossed pilots who soar to the greatest heights of fame, tailspin into scandal and crime, and go the ultimate lengths for a chance at redemption" -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Lancaster, Bill, 1898-1933.
Miller, Jessie Keith.
Air pilots -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Women air pilots -- Australia -- Biography.
Man-woman relationships.
Scandals.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 9781250109248 (hardcover)
1250109248 (hardcover)
9781250109255 (ebook)
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