For five weeksfrom April 14 to May 21, 1927the world held its breath while fourteen aviators took to the air to capture the $25,000 prize that Raymond Orteig offered to the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean without stopping.
Joe Jackson'sAtlantic Feveris about this race, a milestone in American history whose story has never been fully told. Delving into the lives of the big-name competitorsthe polar explorer Richard Byrd, the French war hero Ren? Fonck, the millionaire Charles Levine, and the race's eventual winner, the enigmatic Charles Lindberghas well as those whose names have been forgotten by history (such as Bernt Balchen, Stanton Wooster, and Clarence Chamberlin), Jackson brings a completely fresh and original perspective to the race to conquer the Atlantic.
Atlantic Feveropens for us one of those magical windows onto a moment when the nexus of technology, innovation, character, and spirit led so many contenders from different parts of the world to be on the cusp of the exact same achievement at the exact same time.
Joe Jacksonis the author of six works of nonfiction and one novel. His most recent book,
The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire, was named one of
Timemagazine's Top Ten Nonfiction Books of 2008.
[Atlantic Feveris] a fantastically entertaining book. Matthew Price, The Boston Globe
A soaring account of the first flight across the Atlantic . . . [Atlantic Feveris] 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 Feveris full of wonder at what it really means for human beings to fly, an achievement in which failurl�'
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