Race to Hawaii
(Playaway)
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Contributors
Published
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2018].
ISBN
9781982547066, 1982547065
Physical Desc
1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Newport - Audiobooks | AudioDig 629.1309 Rya | On Shelf |
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Published
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2018].
Format
Playaway
Language
English
ISBN
9781982547066, 1982547065
Notes
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Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
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One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
Description
""Today, a trip to Hawaii is a simple six-hour flight from the West Coast, but almost a century ago, it was a nerve-wracking and twenty-six-hour journey across 2,400 miles of the open Pacific. Race to Hawaii chronicles the thrilling first flights during the Golden Age of Aviation, a time when new airplanes traveled farther and faster but were also unreliable, fragile, and hampered by primitive air navigation equipment. The US Navy tried first, sending flying boats winging toward the islands. Next came Army Air Corps aviators and a civilian pilot, who informally raced each other to Hawaii in the weeks after Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic to land the Spirit of St. Louis in Paris. Finally came the Dole Derby, an unprecedented 1927 air race in which eight planes set off at once across the Pacific, all eager to claim a cash prize offered by Pineapple King, James Dole. Military men, barnstormers, a schoolteacher, a Wall Street bond salesman, a Hollywood stunt flyer, and veteran World War aces all encountered every type of hazard during their perilous flights, from fuel shortages to failed engines, forced sea landings and severe fatigue to navigational errors. With so many pilots taking aim at the far-flung islands in so many different types of planes, everyone wondered who would reach Hawaii first, or at all." --,(Source of summary not specified)
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ryan, J., & Sellon-Wright, K. (2018). Race to Hawaii . Findaway World, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ryan, Jason and Keith, Sellon-Wright. 2018. Race to Hawaii. Findaway World, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ryan, Jason and Keith, Sellon-Wright. Race to Hawaii Findaway World, LLC, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ryan, Jason,, and Keith Sellon-Wright. Race to Hawaii Findaway World, LLC, 2018.
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