Wings (Limited Edition)

ISBN: 9780385313810

出版社: Delacorte Press

出版年: 1994-12-01

定价: USD 200.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

From a house on the edge of her family's dusty??farmland airstrip near Chicago, the child Cassie??O'Malley would sneak into the night to look at the??planes sitting shimmering in the moonlight. Her??World War I veteran father, Pat, wanted his son to??be a pilot, not his reckless, red-haired??daughter. But it was Cassie who had the gift. Ever since??she could remember, Cassie felt the pull of??getting in a cockpit and taking to the skies.??Observing all the while was her father's junior partner,??Nick "Stick " Galvin, a fellow war ace??and airborne daredevil. Nick would become her??confidant and best friend, willing to break all the??rules to teach her to fly, knowing that the??greatest gift he could give her was the freedom of??flying.

When California entrepreneur Desmon Williams??sees Cassie in a local airshow, he invites her to??California where she breaks new ground as a test??pilot. Soon Cassie's record-breaking flights make??her a media darling. Drawn by Desmond's plans for??her to break Amelia Earhardt's records, but??determined to avoid her mistakes, Cassie trains for??the remarkable journey around the world. From??public appearances to press conferences, easily used??by both her husband and the press, Cassie realizes??that there is more to life than making headlines.??Risking her life, pushing herself to her limits,??she decides to chart her own course and pursue??her own destiny, whatever it costs her.

Wings is set in a time of constant change,??when the world was on the brink of war and the??skies were filled with adventurers, a time when??courage and daring forever changed modern-day??aviation.