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Author_Mara Rockliff
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corrigan
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Product details
- ISBN 9781324125129
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Nov 2026
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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On 17 July 1938, American pilot Douglas Corrigan took off from New York City’s Floyd Bennett Field for a long-haul trip. He had 320 gallons of fuel in a rickety Curtiss Robin airplane and a license to fly cross-country to California. But when he should have turned west for his route across America, Corrigan continued east. The following morning, he landed in Dublin, Ireland. Was it truly a mistake? Or the fulfilment of the dream of flying across the Atlantic?
Award-winning author Mara Rockliff traces the improbable and singular story of Corrigan’s flight. From his early days as a pilot and aircraft mechanic–including time building Charles Lindbergh’s “Spirit of St. Louis”–to the media frenzy that surrounded his “accidental” journey, Wrong Way Corrigan’s Wild Ride is a fast-paced, wildly entertaining account of the golden days of aviation and of the first (and only) pilot to fly across the Atlantic “by mistake.”
Mara Rockliff is the author of numerous historical books for children. Previous titles include Mesmerized, winner of the Cook Prize and Orbis Pictus Honor, and Sweet Justice, which received a Sibert Honor. She lives in western Massachusetts.
