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The Lost Pilots: The Spectacular Rise and Scandalous Fall of Aviation's Golden Couple
Corey Mead
3.46 AVERAGE
8 reviews for:
The Lost Pilots: The Spectacular Rise and Scandalous Fall of Aviation's Golden Couple
Corey Mead
3.46 AVERAGE
A fascinating true story of a pair of aviators in the 1920s and 1930s who saw the height of fame before plunging into scandal. This book has everything! It’s carefully researched, engagingly written, and filled with daring air travel, scandal, and murder. A must read!
A wonderful telling of a spectacular tale from the roaring 20s!
medium-paced
I found this a very stilted tale of unlikeable people who I had never heard of. It was the hardest work to get through the whole of what is essentially a short book that i could read in a few hours.
I cannot believe I never heard about this case before this book! I love the time period and true crime-how the heck did I miss this? Corey Mead highlights a case filled with soap opera level drama and enough adventure to satisfy adrenaline lovers. This should be a movie and I'm amazed no one has tried yet-this story should be as well known as Amelia Earhart's or Charles Lindbergh's, especially considering they were contemporaries. A great read for anyone who loves true crime.
You know how some non-fiction books tend to lag here and there? Not so with this one!
I found it terribly interesting the whole way through! The part leading up to the "terrible incident", I was speed-reading to see what happened!
I loved how the author called out sexism any and every time it showed up in the events.
My only (very-minor) disappointments were that Bessie Coleman was never mentioned, and I would have liked more details about their initial record-breaking flight. I thought that was going to be a lot more of the book, but was done by page.... 30? 50? Early-ish on. I think there were more pages at the end of the book devoted to sources and indices than on that initial flight. Which just goes to show how thoroughly researched is this book! (never a bad thing, amirite?)
I found it terribly interesting the whole way through! The part leading up to the "terrible incident", I was speed-reading to see what happened!
I loved how the author called out sexism any and every time it showed up in the events.
My only (very-minor) disappointments were that Bessie Coleman was never mentioned, and I would have liked more details about their initial record-breaking flight. I thought that was going to be a lot more of the book, but was done by page.... 30? 50? Early-ish on. I think there were more pages at the end of the book devoted to sources and indices than on that initial flight. Which just goes to show how thoroughly researched is this book! (never a bad thing, amirite?)
This was an interesting story to read about early pilots post World War I. Although I knew how their story ended, I hoped it would end differently.
What an intriguing couple of individuals, aviators, lovers, cheaters, liars, friends... with dramatic and sensational lives. I'm glad I picked this up and got to know Bill and Jessie.