Atlantic Fever Lindbergh, His Competitors, and the Race to Cross the Atlantic

"["Atlantic Fever "is] a fantastically entertaining book." --Matthew Price, "The Boston Globe ""A soaring account of the first flight across the Atlantic . . . ["Atlantic Fever "is] engaging, suspenseful . . . [a] revelatory book."--Daniel Dyer, "Plain-Dealer "(Cleveland) "By retelling the story of Charles Lindbergh's great 'first' alongside the nice and not-so-nice guys who finished last--from Admiral Byrd to Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan--Joe Jackson gives us a book that is as suspenseful as it is thoughtful. "Atlantic Fever "is full of wonder at what it really means for human beings to fly, an achievement in which failure is not merely possible but even probable. Plainspoken and fast-paced, exhilarating and hilarious, "Atlantic Fever "reminds us why we are drawn to look skyward and why it is just as important to look out below." --Scott A. Sandage, author of "Born Losers: A History of Failure in America ""Lindbergh may have been portrayed as 'Lindbergh Alone' and the 'Lone Eagle, ' but except for having no companion in the cockpit, he was far from that. Rather, he was one of a cast of players in what Joe Jackson calls 'the aviator madness that rounded out the Jazz Age.' In "Atlantic Fever," Jackson brilliantly re-creates Lindbergh and the drama and tragedy that surrounded his feat." --John Milton Cooper, Jr., author of "Woodrow Wilson: A Biography ""With rich detail and a compelling story, "Atlantic Fever" recaptures the almost forgotten array of fliers and dreamers that accompanied Charles Lindbergh's solitary crossing in The Spirit of St. Louis. The world of individual daring and aspiration that followed the devastation of World War One has never come more alive." --Leo Braudy, author of "The Frenzy of Renown: Fame and Its History ""[In "Atlantic Fever"] a talented storyteller re-creates the signature moment of aviation's golden age . . . Throughout, [Joe Jackson] folds in unfailingly apt observations about the psychology of