Adventure - Nonfiction

 

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1. The great air race: glory, tragedy, and the dawn of American aviation

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Author:
Lancaster, John
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Duraleigh Road - Adult Non-Fiction
797.52 LANCA
Leesville Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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Morrisville Community - Adult Non-Fiction
797.52 LANCA
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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.

2. Imagine a city: a pilot's journey across the urban world

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Author:
Vanhoenacker, Mark
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East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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Holly Springs Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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"A pilot's world travels, from the author of Skyfaring"--

3. The moth and the mountain: a true story of love, war and Everest

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Author:
Caesar, Ed
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction has 3
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and...