"A fast-paced, dynamic account of the race to cross the Atlantic, and the larger-than-life personalities of the aviators who captured the world's attention. In 1919, a prize of $25,000 was offered to the first aviator to cross the Atlantic in either direction between France and America. Although it was one of the most coveted prizes in the world, it sat unclaimed (not without efforts) for eight long years, until the spring of 1927. It was then, during...

"Summers are always stifling in southern Virginia, and they're even hotter on the Mecklenburg Correctional Center's Death Row when Dennis Stockton arrives there in July 1983. Charged with murder for hire, Stockton insisted he was innocent, but his jury sentenced him to die. In prison, he begins keeping a diary and it soon becomes his lifeline, nurturing dreams of freedom and publication as an author."--BOOK JACKET. "Mecklenburg's officials had always...

Chronicles the experiences of the sailors who were adrift in the open ocean for forty-three days after the American clipper ship Hornet went down in flames in 1866.

Celebrates Preston Tucker as the ultimate believer in the American dream. Tucker, builder of the 1948 Tucker Torpedo car, is a dynamic designer and an enthusiastic showman who envision the car of the future. Against mighty odds he manages to build a fleet of them, only to have his factory shut down by Detroit's other three automobile manufacturers.