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Author Lancaster, John, author.

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

Publication Info. New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  629.13 LANCASTER    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  629.13 LANCASTER    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  629.1309 LAN    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - New Materials  629.13 LANCASTER, JOHN    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials  973 LANCASTER    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  629.13 LAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Pearl Street Branch Library - Adult Department  797.5 LAN    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  629.13 LANCASTER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.13 LAN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  629.13 LANCASTER    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xviii, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-330) and index.
Contents The air service -- The reliability test -- Triumph -- Foundation.
Subject Airplane racing -- United States -- History.
Transcontinental flights -- United States -- History.
Aeronautics -- United States -- History.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9781631496370 (hardcover)
1631496379 (hardcover)
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