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The Big Hop: The First Non-Stop Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean and Into the Future

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W. W. Norton & Company
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History
Non-Fiction
The story of a pathbreaking 1919 flight and the fliers who risked their lives to make aviation history.

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Fascinating look at the people who risked everything to achieve immortality through flight. Rooney (About Time, 2021) offers an altogether informative and entertaining history that chronicles some of the lesser-known personalities who made significant contributions to the field of aviation.
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Anyone with an interest in the formative era of aviation will thrill to this account.
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Rave Publishers Weekly
Lively ... Rendered in Rooney’s graceful prose, this makes for a breathtaking tale of bravery, perseverance, and fortune.
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